Flagellin compositions and uses

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to compositions comprising improved flagellin derived constructs and methods of using the same in the treatment of various diseases.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Nos. 62/031,116, filed Jul. 30, 2014; 62/110,744, filed Feb. 2, 2015; and 62/117,366, filed Feb. 17, 2015 the entire contents of which are herein incorporated by reference.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to methods and compositions that are useful for the treatment, prevention, and/or diagnosis, of various diseases, including cancer and radiation-related ailments.

DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXT FILE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY

The contents of the text file submitted electronically herewith are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety: A computer readable format copy of the Sequence Listing (filename: CLE-016PC-SequenceListing.txt; date recorded: Jul. 28, 2015; file size: 245 KB).

BACKGROUND

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are type I membrane glycoproteins that are key receptors in innate immunity. The 10 TLRs known in humans recognize different microbial antigens, and when activated by ligand binding, mediate rapid production of cytokines and chemokines. In addition to their role in host defense, TLRs play a role in cancer progression and development and cell protection.

TLR5 binds flagellin, a globular protein that arranges itself in a hollow cylinder to form the filament in bacterial flagella. Binding of flagellin to TLR5 initiates a cascade of pro-inflammatory molecules, notably NF-κB and its targets. TLR5 agonists derived from flagellin have been developed as therapies various diseases. However, these molecules may suffer from specific limitations, including for example, unsatisfactory binding and signaling. Additionally, many possible hosts already produce anti-flagellin antibodies that also target the TLR5 agonist derivatives, thereby clearing the therapeutics from the body and limiting their efficacy. Moreover, as intrinsically immunogenic bacterial proteins flagellin derivatives may possess disadvantageous antigenicity and immunogenicity, and therefore warrant improvement.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, the present invention provides flagellin-related compositions and methods that overcome limitations observed among this group of biologics.

The present invention is based, in part, of the discovery that minimized constructs of flagellin-related compositions can exhibit reduced immunogenicity and improve pharmacokinetics while still retaining the ability to active TLR5 signaling.

In one aspect, the invention provides a flagellin-related composition that retains the ability to activate TLR5 signaling. In a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition comprises mutations that decrease the antigenicity and immunogenicity of the construct. In a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition is not recognized by flagellin (FliC) neutralizing antibodies. In yet a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition activates TLR5 signaling at a level the same as or similar to that of a full-length flagellin-related composition. In a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition demonstrates improved pharmacokinetics compared with a full length flagellin-related composition. In yet a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition demonstrates increased retention in the host.

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition is derived from CBLB502 (SEQ ID NO: 2). In a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition comprises a truncation in one or more domains. In a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition comprises a deletion in a N-terminal domain. In yet a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition comprises a deletion in the ND0 domain. In yet a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition comprises a deletion of the entire ND0 domain. In a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition comprises a deletion in a C-terminal domain. In yet another embodiment, the flagellin-related composition comprises a deletion in the CD0 domain. In yet another embodiment, the flagellin-related composition retains amino acids 470-485 of the CD0 domain. In yet a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition is CBLB502-S33 (SEQ ID NO: 17).

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition comprises mutations in epitopes recognized by neutralizing anti-CBLB502 antibodies. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition comprises one or more mutations in the epitopes recognized by neutralizing anti-CBLB502 antibodies which inhibit the ability of the antibodies to neutralize the composition. In yet a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition comprises a truncation and mutations in one or more epitopes recognized by anti-CBLB502 neutralizing antibodies. In a further embodiment, the mutations comprise replacement of the epitope residues with alanine. In a further embodiment, the mutations are selected from one or more of D42A, A45G, N68A, N100A, T102A, S104A, S106A, D107A, S110A, D113A, Q117A, E120A, R124A, N127A, Q128A, F131A, N132A, G133A, Q142A, K144A, D151A, G152A, E153A, T154A, Q439A, N440A, R441A, D443A, 5444A, T447A, N448A, N451A, N455A, N457A, R460A, Y468A; A469G; T470A; S473A, and N474Q. In a further embodiment, the mutated epitopes comprise one or more of the following residues: E153, S444, T154, N440, Q142, F131, D443, N68, T447, S110, Q117, R124, D113, E120, N127, and Q128. In a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition is CBLB502-S33MX/“CBLB543” (SEQ ID NO: 150). In yet a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition is CBLB502-485CT/“BCLB533” (SEQ ID NO: 71).

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition comprises a tag. In yet a further embodiment, the tag is attached to the N-terminus of the flagellin-related composition. In yet another embodiment, the tag is attached to the C-terminus of the flagellin-related composition.

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition comprises a flexible linker. In a further embodiment, the flexible linker comprises SEQ ID NO: 16. In yet a further embodiment, the flexible linker comprises SEQ ID NO: 242.

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition is encoded by any one of the nucleotide sequences listed in Table 1. In a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition comprises any one of the polypeptides listed in Table 1.

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition activates TLR5 signaling. In a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition induces expression of NF-κB. In yet a further embodiment, the minimized flagellin-related composition induces expression of one or more of cytokines. In yet a further embodiment, the cytokines are selected from IL-6, IL-12, keratinocyte chemoattractant (KC), IL-10, G-CSF, MCP-1, TNF-α, MIG, and MIP-2.

In one aspect, the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the flagellin-related composition of the invention with a pharmaceutically accepted carrier.

In one aspect, the invention provides a method of stimulating TLR5 signaling comprising administering a flagellin-related composition of the invention to a subject in need thereof. In some embodiments, the subject has cancer. In a further embodiment, the tumor expresses TLR5. In a further embodiment, the tumor does not express TLR5. In yet a further embodiment, the cancer is selected from breast cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, kidney cancer, liver cancer, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, genitourinary tract cancer, lymphatic system cancer, rectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, cervical cancer, thyroid cancer, skin cancer, leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, B-cell lymphoma, T-cell lymphoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, hairy cell lymphoma, histiocytic lymphoma, and Burkett's lymphoma, acute and chronic myelogenous leukemias, myelodysplastic syndrome, myeloid leukemia, promyelocytic leukemia, astrocytoma, neuroblastoma, glioma, schwannom as, fibrosarcoma, rhabdomyoscarcoma, osteosarcoma, xenoderma pigmentosum, keratoactanthom a, seminoma, thyroid follicular cancer, teratocarcinoma, and cancers of the gastrointestinal tract or the abdominopelvic cavity.

In some embodiments, the subject suffers from radiation-induced damage. In a further embodiment, the subject has been subjected to a lethal dose of radiation. In yet a further embodiment, the subject is undergoing radiation treatment. In another embodiment, the flagellin-related composition is administered prior to exposure to radiation. In yet another embodiment, the flagellin-related composition is administered during exposure to radiation. In yet another embodiment, the flagellin-related composition is administered after exposure to radiation.

In some embodiments, the subject suffers from reperfusion injury. In a further embodiment the reperfusion is caused by an injury. In a further embodiment, the injury is ischemia or hypoxia. In a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition is administered prior to the influx of oxygen. In a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition is administered during the influx of oxygen. In a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition is administered after the influx of oxygen.

In various embodiments, the flagellin-related composition is administered in conjunction with other therapeutics and/or treatments. In a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition is administered in conjunction with chemotherapy. In a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition is administered with radiation treatment. In a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition is administered in conjunction with an antioxidant. In a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition is administered in conjunction with amifostine and/or vitamin E. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition is administered prior to administration of other therapeutics and/or treatments. In further embodiments, the flagellin-related composition is administered at the same time as other therapeutics and/or treatments. In yet further embodiments, the flagellin-related composition is administered after administration of other therapeutics and/or treatments.

In one aspect, the invention provides a method of treating cancer comprising administering a flagellin-related composition of the invention to a subject in need thereof.

In one aspect, the invention provides a method of treating radiation-induced damage comprising administering a flagellin-related composition of the invention to a subject in need thereof.

In one aspect, the invention provides a method of treating reperfusion injury comprising administering a flagellin-related composition of the invention to a subject in need thereof.

The details of the invention are set forth in the accompanying description below. Although methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of the present invention, illustrative methods and materials are now described. Other features, objects, and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the description and from the claims. In the specification and the appended claims, the singular forms also include the plural unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIGS. 1A and 1B show the 13 conserved amino acids of flagellin that may be important for TLR5 activity. FIGS. 1A and 1B show a comparison of amino acid sequences of the conserved amino (FIG. 1A) and carboxy (FIG. 1B) terminus from 21 species of bacteria. The 13 conserved amino acids important for TLR5 activity are shown with shading. The amino acid sequences are identified by their accession numbers from TrEMBL (first letter=Q) or Swiss-Prot (first letter=P).

FIG. 2 shows early structure-activity relationship analysis (SAR) data reflecting the contribution of individual segments and entire domains of CBLB502 to the efficiency of binding and signaling. Relative binding and signaling affinities were obtained using FP biochemical assay and cell-based reporter assay respectively and normalized to CBLB502. Analyses were performed for a series of mutations within predicted primary and secondary dimerization interfaces (A) as well as for a deletion of larger segments or entire domains D0 or D1 (B) as diagrammatically shown above the graph.

FIG. 3 shows the structural regions involved in interactions between TLR5 ectodomain and CBLB502 (FliC) domain D1. Note a contribution of loops LRR 7 and 9 (characteristic of TLR5 family) to high-affinity primary interactions.

FIG. 4, panels A-E show the signaling efficiency of CBLB502 mutants in NF-κB luciferase reporter mice. The graphs show the NF-κB luciferase activity in reporter mice after subcutaneous administration of the (A) CBLB502, (B) DIM2, (C) DIM 1, (D) PIM, and (E) SY3 constructs. The activity was measured in the mouse liver, spleen, large intestine, and bladder.

FIG. 5 shows the iterative minimization of the flagellin-related composition, CBLB502. The constructs S33 and 33ML retain nearly full signaling activity in vitro. The schematic shows domain organization including spacer and tag.

FIG. 6 panels A and B show that a minimized variant CBLB502-S33 shows substantially higher signaling activity in vivo compared to CBLB502. NF-kB-luciferase reporter mice were injected (s.c) with 0.1 μg of CBLB502 (A) or S33 (B) and imaged 3 hours later. The measurements in individual organs are illustrated in FIG. 4.

FIG. 7 panels A-H show that a minimized variant CBLB502-S33 shows substantially higher signaling activity in vivo compared to CBLB502, and the effect was particularly strong in bladder and large intestine. Signaling efficiency of the CBLB502 and CBLB502-S33 in NF-kB luciferase reporter mice (s.c. injection at indicated doses and collection of organs 3 hours later) was established by the analysis of luciferase activity in collected organs.

FIG. 8 panels A and B show that a minimized variant CBLB502-S33 shows higher potency in protection against lethal irradiation in mice, as compared to CBLB502. Panel A. Kaplan-Meyer plot showing survival dynamics in C57/BL6 mice injected with CBLB502 or CBLB502-S33, 30 min prior to total body irradiation at 9.5 Gy (compared with vehicle control. Panel B. Dose dependence for the 30-day % survival.

FIG. 9 shows the higher signaling and radioprotective activity of CBLB502-S33 correlates with higher cytokine production (PD analysis) in mice compared to CBLB502, including mechanistically essential biomarkers G-CSF and IL-6. Mice were injected with either 1 μg/kg or 2 μg/kg of CBLB502 or S33.

FIG. 10 shows that the minimized variant CBLB502-S33 displays better PK (higher levels in plasma) in mice compared to CBLB502.

FIG. 11 shows the suppression of luciferase activity in murine liver lysates as a measurement of the in vivo neutralization of CBLB502 by injection of antisera and antibodies (neutralizing and not neutralizing) in reporter mice (3 mice/group). PBS, non-neutralizing human serum, neutralizing serum (D15), the non-neutralizing monoclonal antibody 7C, or the neutralizing monoclonal antibody 11D were administered to the mice intravenously. An hour after, the CBLB502 construct was administered subcutaneously. The amount of luciferase activity was measured three hours after administration of CBLB502. Murine serum samples were collected before administration of CBLB502. Human sera were diluted 10-fold with PBS for injections. Both monoclonal antibodies, 7C and 11D were injected at a concentration of 2 mg/ml in PBS.

FIG. 12 panels A and B show schematic diagrams of the constructs (A) 445 (SEQ ID NO: 54) and (B) 467 (SEQ ID NO: 62).

FIG. 13 panels A-C show examples of predicted, without wishing to be bound by theory, structural epitopes used for the design of CBLB502 derivatives.

FIG. 14 shows that the construct CBLB502-33MX demonstrates substantial elimination of neutralizing antigenicity. The graph shows a profile of CBLB502-33MX versus CBLB502 and its truncated variant CBLB502-ML over a panel of human sera with the appreciable titer of CBLB502-neutralizing antibodies.

FIG. 15 shows quantification of CBLB502 and CBLB502-33MX in mouse plasma samples. BLQ—below the limit of quantification. Panel A shows raw data while panel B shows a graphical representation of the data in panel A. CBLB502-33MX has very similar PK properties as that of parental CBLB502, i.e. it clears from circulation at approximately the same rate.

FIG. 16 shows cytokine profiling for the analysis of PD properties of CBLB502-33MX as compared to CBLB502. CBLB502-33MX has a very similar PD profile to the parental CBLB502

FIG. 17 shows luciferase activity in mouse organs after treatment with CBLB502, CBLB502-S33 and CBLB502-33MX.

FIG. 18 shows injury scores for a 33MX dose range as compared to a dose of CBLB502

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is based, in part, on the discovery of certain mutations of flagellin that improve pharmacologically relevant properties of this biologic and related agents. Such mutations yield various flagellin-related compositions that, by way of non-limiting example, have altered antigenicity and immunogenicity relative to those without the mutations. The flagellin-related compositions retain the ability to active TLR5 signaling at levels the same as, or similar to, that of a full length flagellin-related composition.

Flagellin-Related Compositions

The present invention is based, in part, of the discovery that minimized constructs of flagellin-related compositions can exhibit reduced immunogenicity while still retaining the ability to active TLR5 signaling at levels the same as, or similar to, that of a full length flagellin-related composition. The reduced immunogenicity allows the construct to persist in the host longer than full length flagellin-related compositions. It is possible to eliminate at least half of the endogenous C_D0 segment, leaving only its N-terminal half (470-485) capped by the C-terminal His-tag and still retain most of the molecule's ability to activate TLR5 signaling. The presence of the cap may be essential for activity as the variant 33-485 loses about 90% of signaling activity. These observations taken together suggest that the D_0 domain has only minor (if any) contribution to direct interactions with TLR5, and its role may be limited by maintaining structural integrity of the D1 domain. Conversely, the residual C_D0 segment (470-485) cannot be removed or replaced by the C-terminal half of C_D0 (485-504) or other sequences.

In various embodiments, the present invention provides flagellin-related compositions. In some embodiments, the present invention provides for flagellin-related compositions that have (1) improved pharmacological properties, including reduced antigenicity and immunogenicity, which, for example, allow for use in wide variety of disease states and patient types and/or (2) improved functional properties which, for example, allow for improved medical effects.

The flagellin-related compositions may be a flagellin-related polypeptide. The flagellin-related compositions may be from various sources, including a variety of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial species. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions may have an amino acid sequence that is derived from any of the flagellins from bacterial species that are depicted in FIG. 7 of U.S. Patent Publication No. 2003/0044429, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. The flagellin-related compositions may have nucleotide sequences related to those encoding the flagellin polypeptides listed in FIG. 7 of U.S. 2003/0044429, which are publicly available at sources including the NCBI Genbank database.

The flagellin-related compositions may be the major component of bacterial flagellum. The flagellin-related compositions may be composed of one, or two, or three, or four, or five, or six, or seven domains or fragments thereof (see, e.g. FIG. 10 of U.S. Pat. No. 8,324,163, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety). The domains may be selected from ND0, ND1, ND2, D3, CD2, CD1, and CD0. Domains 0 (D0), 1 (D1), and 2 (D2) may be discontinuous and may be formed when residues in the amino terminus and carboxy terminus are juxtaposed by the formation of a hairpin structure. The amino and carboxy terminus comprising the D1 and D2 domains may be most conserved, whereas the middle hypervariable domain (D3) may be highly variable. The non-conserved D3 domain may be on the surface of the flagellar filament and may contain the major antigenic epitopes. The potent proinflammatory activity of flagellin may reside in the highly conserved ND1, ND2, CD1, and CD2 regions.

The flagellin-related compositions may be from a species of Salmonella, representative examples of which are S. typhimurium and S. dublin (encoded by GenBank Accession Number M84972). The flagellin related-polypeptide may be a fragment, variant, analog, homolog, or derivative of wild type flagellin (SEQ ID NO: 1), or combination thereof. A fragment, variant, analog, homolog, or derivative of flagellin may be obtained by rational-based design based on the domain structure of flagellin and the conserved structure recognized by TLR5.

The flagellin-related compositions may be related to a flagellin polypeptide from any Gram-positive or Gram-negative bacterial species including, but not limited to, the flagellin polypeptides disclosed in U.S. Pat. Pub. 2003/000044429, the contents of which are incorporated herein, and the flagellin peptides corresponding to the Accession numbers listed in the BLAST results shown in FIG. 7 (panels A-F) of U.S. Patent Pub. 2003/000044429, or variants thereof.

Flagellin and previously described variants suffer from high antigenicity and immunogenicity in large part, without wishing to be bound by theory, because they are intrinsically immunogenic bacterial proteins (e.g. flagellin or “FliC”). A practical limitation in preexisting flagellin constructs is that many subjects have high titers of pre-existing antibodies capable of neutralizing the TLR5-stimulating activity of these constructs. These individuals would be desensitized (or completely resistant) to flagellin-derived treatment, sometimes even in case of single-injections and, without wishing to be bound by theory, more likely upon recurrent treatment. Moreover, the titer of such pre-existing antibodies, even if initially present at lower levels, may be rapidly boosted by a single flagellin-derived injection thereby compromising even a larger group of individuals for the purpose of multi-dose regimen as projected for medical applications. The widespread preexistence of anti-FliC antibodies (including neutralizing Abs) in a population likely reflects humanity's life-long exposure to numerous species of flagellated enterobacteria (e.g. Salmonella spp., E. coli) colonizing (and infecting) the human body. In some embodiments, the presently described flagellin-related compositions comprise alterations of epitopes for various antibodies that neutralize flagellin activity.

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition comprises mutations in epitopes recognized by neutralizing anti-CBLB502 antibodies. The flagellin-related composition may comprise one or more mutations in the epitopes recognized by neutralizing anti-CBLB502 antibodies which inhibit or abrogate the ability of the antibodies to neutralize the composition. In yet a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition comprises a truncation and mutations in one or more epitopes. In a further embodiment, the mutations comprise replacement of the epitope residues with alanine. In a further embodiment, the mutated epitopes comprise one or more of the following residues: E153, S444, T154, N440, Q142, F131, D443, N68, T447, S110, Q117, R124, D113, E120, N127, and Q128.

The flagellin-related compositions may comprise insertions, deletions, transposon insertions, and changes to any one of the D0, D1, D2, and the variable D3 domains. The D3 domain may be substituted in part, or in whole, with a hinge or linker polypeptide that allows the D1 and D2 domains to properly fold such that the variant stimulates TLR5 activity.

In some embodiments, the present invention relates to the development of a minimal functional core of a flagellin, for example, deleting residues relative to the already shortened CBLB502 molecule. In some embodiments, the present invention relates to the development of a flagellin-related composition that has altered amino acid identity relative to wild type, including deletions, additions and substitutions, that provide for improved activity. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition is derived from CBLB502 (SEQ ID NO: 2). In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition comprises a truncation in one or more domains. In a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition comprises a deletion in a N-terminal domain. In yet a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition comprises a deletion in the ND0 domain. In yet a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition comprises a deletion of the entire ND0 domain. In a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition comprises a deletion in a C-terminal domain. In yet another embodiment, the flagellin-related composition comprises a deletion in the CD0 domain. In yet another embodiment, the flagellin-related composition retains amino acids 470-485 of the CD0 domain. In yet a further embodiment, the minimized flagellin-related composition is CBLB502-S33 (SEQ ID NO: 17).

The flagellin-related compositions may comprise at least 10, 11, 12, or 13 of the 13 conserved amino acids shown in FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B (positions 89, 90, 91, 95, 98, 101, 115, 422, 423, 426, 431, 436 and 452). The flagellin-related compositions may be at least 30-99% identical to amino acids 1-174 and 418-505 of SEQ ID NO: 1.

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions have improved functional and pharmacological properties which, for example, allow for improved medical effects. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions have improved NF-kB activation and radioprotection relative to CBLB502. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions have improved pharmacokinetics leading to a proportionally stronger pharmacodynamic response (as detected by, for example, cytokine assays).

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions have improved pharmacological properties, including reduced antigenicity and immunogenicity, which, for example, allows for use in wide variety of disease states and patient types. A reduced antigenicity and immunogenicity expands the medical applications for which the flagellin-related compositions of the invention can be used including, for example, medical applications requiring recurrent administration. In some embodiments, the decreased antigenicity translates to improved resistance against the neutralizing action of preexisting human antibodies (e.g. anti-flagellin) as well as those induced in response to CBLB502 injection. In further embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions have longer retention times in vivo. A longer retention time may allow the composition to be effective with fewer doses or with doses spaced further apart.

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition comprises a tag. In yet a further embodiment, the tag is attached to the N-terminus of the flagellin-related composition. In yet another embodiment, the tag is attached to the C-terminus of the flagellin-related composition.

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition comprises a flexible linker. In a further embodiment, the flexible linker comprises SEQ ID NO: 16. In yet a further embodiment, the flexible linker comprises SEQ ID NO: 242.

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions comprise or consist of any of the polypeptides or nucleic acids encoding said polypeptides listed in Table 1. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition is encoded by the nucleotide sequences listed in Table 1. In a further embodiment, the flagellin-related composition comprises the polypeptides listed in Table 1. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions comprise or consist of polypeptides encoded by either SEQ ID NOs: 69 or 70. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions comprise or consist of the polypeptides of SEQ ID NO: 71, “CBLB543”. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions comprise or consist of polypeptides encoded by either SEQ ID NOs: 149 or 151. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions comprise or consist of the polypeptides of SEQ ID NO: 150, “CBLB533”. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions may be at least 30-99% identical to the sequences listed in Table 1, for instance, about 50%, or about 60%, or about 70%, or about 805, or about 90%, or about 95%, or about 97%, or about 98%, or about 99%, or about 100% identical to the sequences listed in Table 1.

TABLE 1 Illustrative Flagellin Compositions SEQ DNA/ ID Construct Name PRT Species Sequence 0001 Wild type PRT Salmonella MAQVINTNSLSLLTQNNLNKSQSSLSSAIERLSSG dublin LRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRNAND GISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNGTNS DSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKVLSQ DNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDGFNV NGPKEATVGDLKSSFKNVTGYDTYAAGADKYRVDI NSGAVVTDAAAPDKVYVNAANGQLTTDDAENNTAV DLFKTTKSTAGTAEAKAIAGAIKGGKEGDTFDYKG VTFTIDTKTGDDGNGKVSTTINGEKVTLTVADIAT GAADVNAATLQSSKNVYTSVVNGQFTFDDKTKNES AKLSDLEANNAVKGESKITVNGAEYTANATGDKIT LAGKTMFIDKTASGVSTLINEDAAAAKKSTANPLA SIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITNLGNTVT NLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNMSKAQILQQAGTSVL AQANQVPQNVLSLLR 0002 CBLB502 PRT Artificial MRGSHHHHHHGMASMTGGQQMGRDLYDDDDKDPMA Sequence GQVINTNSLSLLTQNNLNKSQSSLSSAIERLSSLR INSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRNANDGI SIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNGTNSDS DLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKVLSQDN QMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDGFNVNS PGISGGGGGILDSMGTLINEDAAAAKKSTANPLAS IDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITNLGNTVTN LNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNMSKAQILQQAGTSVLA QANQVPQNVLSLLR 0003 T7 Promoter DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGG (forward) Sequence 0004 FliC AA74-80 DNA Artificial ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGG (forward) Sequence 0005 Thrombin PRT Artificial LVPRGS cleavage site Sequence 0006 Enterokinase Artificial DDDDK cleavage site Sequence 0007 NS (N-terminal PRT Artificial SSGLRINSAKDDA spoke region; Sequence Ser32-Ala44) 0008 CS (C-terminal PRT Artificial EDADYA spoke region; Sequence Glu464 to Ala469) 0009 linker PRT Artificial AASAGAGQGGGGSG Sequence 0010 linker PRT Artificial EGKSSGSGSESKST Sequence 0011 linker PRT Artificial GGGRTSSSAASAGAGQGGGGSG Sequence 0012 linker PRT Artificial GPSG Sequence 0013 linker PRT Artificial GSAGSAAGSGEF Sequence 0014 linker PRT Artificial GSPG Sequence 0015 linker PRT Artificial KESGSVSSEQLAQFRSLD Sequence 0016 linker PRT Artificial SPGISGGGGGILDSMG Sequence 0017 Mutant 33-485 PRT Artificial MRGSHHHHHHGMASMTGGQQMGRDLYDLVPRGSAK Mutant S33 Sequence DPSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASR NANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATN GTNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVK VLSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLD GFNVNSPGISGGGGGILDSMGTLINEDAAAAKKST ANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITNL GNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNMSKAQILQQA GTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLR 0018 Mutant 33-485 DNA Artificial GCAGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTTGATAATCTGGCG Forward Primer Sequence CAGGCTAACCAGG CBLB485 0019 Mutant 33-485 DNA Artificial TCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTACTTC 502 template Sequence CGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAACCAGGTT sequence 0020 Mutant 33-485 DNA Artificial CCTGGTTAGCCTGCGCCAGATTATCAACCAGCCTG Reverse Primer Sequence CTGCAGAATCTGC CBLB485 0021 Mutant 33-485 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT DNA Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT sequence of AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGCGGGGTTCTCATCAT 485 Mutant (T7 CATCATCATCATGGTATGGCTAGCATGACTGGTGG Promoter to ACAGCAAATGGGTCGGGATCTGTACGACCTGGTTC Stop) CGCGCGGTAGCGCGAAGGATCCGTCTGGTCTGCGT ATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGC GATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTC TGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATT TCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGA AATCAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGT CTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCC GATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACG TCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTC AATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAAC CAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGA AACCATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGA AAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCC CCGGGAATTTCCGGTGGTGGTGGTGGAATTCTAGA CTCCATGGGTACATTAATCAATGAAGACGCTGCCG CAGCCAAGAAAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCA ATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCG TTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGTTTTGATT CAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAAT CTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGA CTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGC AGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTTGATAA 0022 Mutant 33-485 PRT Artificial MRGSHHHHHHGMASMTGGQQMGRDLYDLVPRGSAK Expressed  Sequence DPSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASR Mutant NANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATN 33-485 GTNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVK VLSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLD GFNVNSPGISGGGGGILDSMGTLINEDAAAAKKST ANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITNL GNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNMSKAQILQQA G 0023 Mutant 45CT PRT Artificial MAQVINTNSLSLLTQNNLNKSQSSLSSAIERLSSG Mutant 506T Sequence LRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRNAND GISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNGTNS DSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKVLSQ DNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDGFNV NSPGISGGGGGILDSMGTLINEDAAAAKKSTANPL ASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITNLGNTV TNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNMSKAQILQQAGTSV LAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHHHHHHGMASMTGGQ QMGRDLYDDDDKDP 0024 Mutant 45CT DNA Artificial ATGGCACAAGTCATTAATACAAACAGCCTGTCGCT Mutant 506T Sequence GTTGACCCAGAATAACCTGAACAAATCTCAGTCCT CACTGAGTTCCGCTATTGAGCGTCTGTCCTCTGGT CTGCGTATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGG CCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCA AAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGAC GGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCT GAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTG AGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCT GATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCA GCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATC AGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAG GACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGA TGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTG ATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTT AATTCCCCGGGAATTTCCGGTGGTGGTGGTGGAAT TCTAGACTCCATGGGTACATTAATCAATGAAGACG CTGCCGCAGCCAAGAAAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTG GCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGC AGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGTT TTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTA ACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGA TGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTA AAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTT CTGGCGCAGGCTAACCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCT CTCTTTACTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATC ATCATCATGGTATGGCTAGCATGACTGGTGGACAG CAAATGGGTCGGGATCTGTACGACGATGACGATAA GGATCCGTAAGTCGACAAGCTTGCG 0025 Mutant 45CT DNA Artificial CGAAAGACCATATGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGC Forward F45CT Sequence 0026 Mutant 45CT DNA Artificial CGCAAGCTTGTCGACTTACGGATCCTTATCGTC Reverse R45CT Sequence 0027 Mutant 45CT DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT Sequence  Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAAATAATTTTGTTTAACTT of 45CT TAAGAAGGAGATATACATATGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT construct TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAATTTCCGGTGGTGGTGGTGGAATTCTAGACTC CATGGGTACATTAATCAATGAAGACGCTGCCGCAG CCAAGAAAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATT GATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTC TTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAG CCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTG AACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTA TGCAACGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGA TTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAG GCTAACCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACT GGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATG GTATGGCTAGCATGACTGGTGGACAGCAAATGGGT CGGGATCTGTACGACGATGACGATAAGGATCCGTA AGTCGAC 0028 Mutant 45CT PRT Artificial MAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRNANDGISIAQTTE Expressed  Sequence GALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNGTNSDSDLKSIQD Mutant EIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKVLSQDNQMKIQVG 45CT ANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDGFNVNSPGISGGG GGILDSMGTLINEDAAAAKKSTANPLASIDSALSK VDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSR IEDADYATEVSNMSKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVPQ NVLSLLVPRGSHHHHHHGMASMTGGQQMGRDLYDD DDKDP 0029 Mutant 33GPS DNA Artificial ATGAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGA Expressed  Sequence TGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTT Mutant CTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAAC 33ML GCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGA AGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGC GTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGG ACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCGGACC ATCAGGTCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAG AAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAAC GGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAA AATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTA CCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTT GGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAAG TACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCAT TGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGG GCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAA CCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGC GTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGAA GTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCA GGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAACCAGG TTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTCCGCGG GGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA 0030 Mutant 33GPS PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Expressed  Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG Mutant TNSDSDLKSIGPSGQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFN 33ML GVKVLSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSL GLDGFNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLG AIQNRFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATE VSNMSKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPR GSHHHHHHG 0031 Mutant 33GPS DNA Artificial GATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAG Forward primer Sequence FSY3CT 0032 Mutant 33GPS DNA Artificial AGATCTCCCGGGGAATTAACATTGAACCC Reverse primer Sequence RMIMxN 0033 Mutant 33GPS DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT DNA Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT sequence of AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC mutant 33GPS AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTGGACCATCAGGTGAAATTCAGCAA CGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGAC TCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACA ACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGT GAAACCATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGT GAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATT CCCCGGGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATT GATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTC TTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAG CCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTG AACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTA TGCAACGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGA TTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAG GCTAACCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACT GGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATG GTTAAGTCGAC 0034 Mutant 33GPS PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Expressed  Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATGP Mutant SGEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKVLSQDNQMKIQ 33GPS VGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDGFNVNSPGSTA NPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITNLG NTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNMSKAQILQQAG TSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHHHHHHG 0035 Mutant 33ML PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Mutant 33CT Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG (Fixed A) TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGISGGGGGILDSMGTLINEDAAAAKKSTA NPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITNLG NTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNMSKAQILQQAG TSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHHHHHHG 0036 Mutant 33ML DNA Artificial ATGAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGA Mutant 33CT Sequence TGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTT (Fixed A) CTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAAC GCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGA AGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGC GTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGG ACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGA TGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCG TTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTC CTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGG TGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGATCTGC AAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGG TTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAATTTCCGGTGGTGG TGGTGGAATTCTAGACTCCATGGGTACATTAATCA ATGAAGACGCTGCCGCAGCCAAGAAAAGTACCGCT AACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAA AGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTC AAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGC AATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCG TATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTA ATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGT ACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAACCAGGTTCCGCA AAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTC ATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA 0037 Mutant 33ML DNA Artificial TCTAGACCCGGGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTT Forward primer Sequence CAATTG F502ML 0038 Mutant 33ML DNA Artificial CCAGTCATGTCGACTTAACCATGATGATGATGATG Reverse primer Sequence ATGAG R33CT 0039 Mutant 33ML DNA Artificial CTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAAGTCGACAAG 502 template Sequence CTTGCGGCCGCAGAGCTCGC sequence 0040 Mutant 33ML DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT 33ML construct Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA CGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTG CAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAA CCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTC CGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA GTCGAC 0041 Mutant 33ML DNA Artificial ATGAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGA Expressed  Sequence TGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTT Mutant CTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAAC 33ML GCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGA AGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGC GTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGG ACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGA TGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCG TTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTC CTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGG TGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGATCTGC AAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGG TTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAAGTACCGCTAACCC ACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGG ACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAAC CGCTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATAC GGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCG AAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTAATATG TCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTACTTC CGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAACCAGGTTCCGCAAAACG TCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCAT CATCATCATCATGGTTAA 0042 Mutant 33ML PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Mutant 33ML Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNM SKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHH HHHHG 0043 Mutant 37CT DNA Artificial ATGGCACAAGTCATTAATACAAACAGCCTGTCGCT delta ND0 Sequence GTTGACCCAGAATAACCTGAACAAATCTCAGTCCT mutant CACTGAGTTCCGCTATTGAGCGTCTGTCCTCTGGT based on CTGCGTATCAACGGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGG CBLB506T CCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCA AAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGAC GGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCT GAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTG AGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCT GATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCA GCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATC AGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAG GACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGA TGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTG ATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTT AATTCCCCGGGAATTTCCGGTGGTGGTGGTGGAAT TCTAGACTCCATGGGTACATTAATCAATGAAGACG CTGCCGCAGCCAAGAAAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTG GCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGC AGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCT TTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTA ACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGA TGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTA AAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTT CTGGCGCAGGCTAACCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCT CTCTTTACTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATC ATCATCATGGTATGGCTAGCATGACTGGTGGACAG CAAATGGGTCGGGATCTGTACGACGATGACGATAA GGATCCGTAAGTCGACAAGCTTGCG 0044 Mutant 37CT PRT Artificial MAQVINTNSLSLLTQNNLNKSQSSLSSAIERLSSG delta ND0 Sequence LRINGAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRNAND mutant GISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNGTNS based on DSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKVLSQ CBLB506T DNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDGFNV NSPGISGGGGGILDSMGTLINEDAAAAKKSTANPL ASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITNLGNTV TNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNMSKAQILQQAGTSV LAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHHHHHHGMASMTGGQ QMGRDLYDDDDKDP 0045 Mutant 37CT DNA Artificial CTCTGGTCATATGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGATG Forward F37CT Sequence C 0046 Mutant 37CT DNA Artificial TCTAGAGTCGACTATTAAGCCATACCATGATGATG Reverse R37CT Sequence ATGATGATGAG 0047 Mutant 37CT DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT 37CT construct Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAAATAATTTTGTTTAACTT TAAGAAGGAGATATACATATGATCAACAGCGCGAA AGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCT TCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCC CGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGAC CACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACC TGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACT AACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTAT CCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCG ATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTT AAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCA GGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCATCG ATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTT GATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAATTTCCGG TGGTGGTGGTGGAATTCTAGACTCCATGGGTACAT TAATCAATGAAGACGCTGCCGCAGCCAAGAAAAGT ACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATT GTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGG CAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAAC CTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCG TAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAG TTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCAG GCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAACCAGGT TCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTCCGCGGG GTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTATGGCTTAA TAGTCGAC 0048 Mutant 37CT PRT Artificial MINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRNANDG Mutant 37CT Sequence ISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNGTNSD SDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKVLSQD NQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDGFNVN SPGISGGGGGILDSMGTLINEDAAAAKKSTANPLA SIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITNLGNTVT NLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNMSKAQILQQAGTSVL AQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHHHHHHGMA 0049 Mutant 445 PRT Artificial MRGSHHHHHHGMASMTGGQQMGRDLYDLVPRGSAK 502-SY1 Sequence DPMAQVINTNSLSLLTQNNLNKSQSSLSSAIERLS SGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRNA NDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNGT NSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKVL SQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDGF NVNSPGISGGGGGILDSMGTLINEDAAAAKKSTAN PLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITNLGN TVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNMSKAQILQQAGT SVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLR 0050 Mutant 445 DNA Artificial ATGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTAT 502-SY1 Sequence GGCTAGCATGACTGGTGGACAGCAAATGGGTCGGG ATCTGTACGACCTGGTTCCGCGCGGTAGCGCGAAG GATCCGATGGCACAAGTCATTAATACAAACAGCCT GTCGCTGTTGACCCAGAATAACCTGAACAAATCTC AGTCCTCACTGAGTTCCGCTATTGAGCGTCTGTCC TCTGGTCTGCGTATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGC GGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTA ATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCT AACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGG TGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTG TGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACT AACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGA AATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTT CTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTG TCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGC TAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGATCTGCAAA AAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTC AATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAATTTCCGGTGGTGGTGG TGGAATTCTAGACTCCATGGGTACATTAATCAATG AAGACGCTGCCGCAGCCAAGAAAAGTACCGCTAAC CCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGT GGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAA ACCGTTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAAT ACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTAT CGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTAATA TGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTACT TCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAACCAGGTTCCGCAAAA CGTCCTCTCTTTACTGCGTTAA 0051 Mutant 445 DNA Artificial GGCAATTCAAAACCGTTTTGATTAAGCCATTACCA Forward Primer Sequence ACCTTGG CBLB445 0052 Mutant 445 DNA Artificial CCAAGGTTGGTAATGGCTTAATCAAAACGGTTTTG Reverse Primer Sequence AATTGCC CBLB445 0053 Mutant 445 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT mutant 445 Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGCGGGGTTCTCATCAT CATCATCATCATGGTATGGCTAGCATGACTGGTGG ACAGCAAATGGGTCGGGATCTGTACGACCTGGTTC CGCGCGGTAGCGCGAAGGATCCGATGGCACAAGTC ATTAATACAAACAGCCTGTCGCTGTTGACCCAGAA TAACCTGAACAAATCTCAGTCCTCACTGAGTTCCG CTATTGAGCGTCTGTCCTCTGGTCTGCGTATCAAC AGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGC TAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTC AGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATT GCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAA CAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTC AGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTG AAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGA AGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTA ACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATG AAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCAT TACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCC TTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGA ATTTCCGGTGGTGGTGGTGGAATTCTAGACTCCAT GGGTACATTAATCAATGAAGACGCTGCCGCAGCCA AGAAAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGAT TCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTC TCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGTTTTGATTAA 0054 Mutant 445 PRT Artificial MRGSHHHHHHGMASMTGGQQMGRDLYDLVPRGSAK mutant 445 Sequence DPMAQVINTNSLSLLTQNNLNKSQSSLSSAIERLS SGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRNA NDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNGT NSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKVL SQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDGF NVNSPGISGGGGGILDSMGTLINEDAAAAKKSTAN PLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFD 0055 Mutant 461 DNA Artificial CAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTTGACGTATCTAAGATG Forward Primer Sequence CTGACTATGC CBLB461 0056 Mutant 461 DNA Artificial GCATAGTCAGCATCTTAGATACGTCAACGCGCGGA Reverse Primer Sequence GTTCAGATTG CBLB461 0057 Mutant 461 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT Mutant 461 Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGCGGGGTTCTCATCAT CATCATCATCATGGTATGGCTAGCATGACTGGTGG ACAGCAAATGGGTCGGGATCTGTACGACCTGGTTC CGCGCGGTAGCGCGAAGGATCCGATGGCACAAGTC ATTAATACAAACAGCCTGTCGCTGTTGACCCAGAA TAACCTGAACAAATCTCAGTCCTCACTGAGTTCCG CTATTGAGCGTCTGTCCTCTGGTCTGCGTATCAAC AGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGC TAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTC AGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATT GCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAA CAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTC AGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTG AAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGA AGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTA ACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATG AAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCAT TACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCC TTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGA ATTTCCGGTGGTGGTGGTGGAATTCTAGACTCCAT GGGTACATTAATCAATGAAGACGCTGCCGCAGCCA AGAAAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGAT TCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTC TCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGTTTTGATTCAGCCA TTACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAAC TCCGCGCGTTGACGTATCTAA 0058 Mutant 461 PRT Artificial MRGSHHHHHHGMASMTGGQQMGRDLYDLVPRGSAK Mutant 461 Sequence DPMAQVINTNSLSLLTQNNLNKSQSSLSSAIERLS SGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRNA NDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNGT NSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKVL SQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDGF NVNSPGISGGGGGILDSMGTLINEDAAAAKKSTAN PLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITNLGN TVTNLNSAR 0059 Mutant 467 DNA Artificial CGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTTAATAGGCAACGGA Forward Primer Sequence AGTTTCTAATATG CBLB467 0060 Mutant 467 DNA Artificial CATATTAGAAACTTCCGTTGCCTATTAAGCATCTT Reverse Primer Sequence CGATACGGCTACG CBLB467 0061 Mutant 467 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT Mutant 467 Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGCGGGGTTCTCATCAT CATCATCATCATGGTATGGCTAGCATGACTGGTGG ACAGCAAATGGGTCGGGATCTGTACGACCTGGTTC CGCGCGGTAGCGCGAAGGATCCGATGGCACAAGTC ATTAATACAAACAGCCTGTCGCTGTTGACCCAGAA TAACCTGAACAAATCTCAGTCCTCACTGAGTTCCG CTATTGAGCGTCTGTCCTCTGGTCTGCGTATCAAC AGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGC TAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTC AGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATT GCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAA CAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTC AGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTG AAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGA AGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTA ACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATG AAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCAT TACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCC TTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGA ATTTCCGGTGGTGGTGGTGGAATTCTAGACTCCAT GGGTACATTAATCAATGAAGACGCTGCCGCAGCCA AGAAAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGAT TCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTC TCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGTTTTGATTCAGCCA TTACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAAC TCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTTAATAG 0062 Mutant 467 PRT Artificial MRGSHHHHHHGMASMTGGQQMGRDLYDLVPRGSAK Mutant 467 Sequence DPMAQVINTNSLSLLTQNNLNKSQSSLSSAIERLS SGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRNA NDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNGT NSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKVL SQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDGF NVNSPGISGGGGGILDSMGTLINEDAAAAKKSTAN PLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITNLGN TVTNLNSARSRIEDA 0063 Mutant 470CT DNA Artificial ATGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTAT CBLB502 Sequence GGCTAGCATGACTGGTGGACAGCAAATGGGTCGGG ATCTGTACGACGATGACGATAAGGATCCGATGGCA CAAGTCATTAATACAAACAGCCTGTCGCTGTTGAC CCAGAATAACCTGAACAAATCTCAGTCCTCACTGA GTTCCGCTATTGAGCGTCTGTCCTCTGGTCTGCGT ATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGC GATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTC TGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATT TCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGA AATCAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGT CTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCC GATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACG TCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTC AATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAAC CAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGA AACCATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGA AAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCC CCGGGAATTTCCGGTGGTGGTGGTGGAATTCTAGA CTCCATGGGTACATTAATCAATGAAGACGCTGCCG CAGCCAAGAAAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCA ATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCG TTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGTTTTGATT CAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAAT CTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGA CTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGC AGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCG CAGGCTAACCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTT ACTGCGTTAA 0064 Mutant 470CT DNA Artificial CGATAAGGATCATATGGCACAAGTCATTAATAC Forward Primer Sequence F470CT 0065 Mutant 470CT DNA Artificial AGATCTGTCGACTTAACCATGATGATGATGATGAT Reverse Primer Sequence GAGAACCCCGCGGAACCAGTGCATAGTCAGCATCT R470CT TCGATACG 0066 Mutant 470CT DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT Mutant 470CT Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGGCACAAGTCATTAAT ACAAACAGCCTGTCGCTGTTGACCCAGAATAACCT GAACAAATCTCAGTCCTCACTGAGTTCCGCTATTG AGCGTCTGTCCTCTGGTCTGCGTATCAACAGCGCG AAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCG CTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTT CCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAG ACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAA CCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCA CTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCT ATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAAT CGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTG TTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATC CAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCAT CGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCC TTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAATTTCC GGTGGTGGTGGTGGAATTCTAGACTCCATGGGTAC ATTAATCAATGAAGACGCTGCCGCAGCCAAGAAAA GTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCA TTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGG GGCAATTCAAAACCGTTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCA ACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCG CGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCACTGGT TCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTT AAGTCGAC 0067 Mutant 470CT PRT Artificial MAQVINTNSLSLLTQNNLNKSQSSLSSAIERLSSG Mutant 470CT Sequence LRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRNAND GISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNGTNS DSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKVLSQ DNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDGFNV NSPGISGGGGGILDSMGTLINEDAAAAKKSTANPL ASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITNLGNTV TNLNSARSRIEDADYALVPRGSHHHHHHG 0068 Mutant 485CT DNA Artificial AGATCTCCGCGGAACCAGACCAGCCTGCTGCAGAA Reverse primer Sequence TCTGC R485MC 0069 Mutant 485CT DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT DNA Sequence Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT of 485CT AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA CGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTG CAGCAGGCTGGTCTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCA TCATCATCATCATGGTTAAGTCGAC 0070 Mutant 485CT DNA Artificial ATGAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGA Mutant 485CT Sequence TGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTT CTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAAC GCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGA AGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGC GTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGG ACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGA TGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCG TTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTC CTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGG TGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGATCTGC AAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGG TTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAAGTACCGCTAACCC ACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGG ACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAAC CGCTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATAC GGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCG AAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTAATATG TCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTCTGGT TCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTT AA 0071 Mutant 485CT PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Mutant 485CT Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNM SKAQILQQAGLVPRGSHHHHHHG 0072 Mutant 485D DNA Artificial AACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAA DNA template  Sequence AGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTC for deletion AAAACCGTTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCGCCCTTGGC mutations from AATACGGTAACCAAT Mutant 485CT variant 0073 Mutant 485D PRT Artificial NPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITALG PRT sequence  Sequence NTVTN for deletion mutations from Mutant 485CT variant 0074 Mutant 485D DNA Artificial GTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTGATTCAGCCAT Forward Primer Sequence TACCGCCCTTG F485D 0075 Mutant 485D DNA Artificial CAAGGGCGGTAATGGCTGAATCAATTGCCCCCAGA Reverse Primer Sequence GAAGAACGAAC R485D 0076 Mutant 485D DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT DNA  Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT Sequence of AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC 485CT_Delta AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT construct TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTGATTCAGCCATTACCGCCCTTGGC AATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCG TATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTA ATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGT CTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCA TGGTTAAGTCGAC 0077 Mutant 485D PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Mutant 485D Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG (CT_Delta 439- TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV 442) LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIDS AITALGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNMSKAQ ILQQAGLVPRGSHHHHHHG 0078 Mutant CGD1 DNA Artificial ATGAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGA Mutant SY3CT Sequence TGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTT CTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAAC GCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGA AGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGC GTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGG ACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGA TGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCG TTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTC CTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGG TGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGATCTGC AAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGG TTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAAGTACCGCTAACCC ACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGG ACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAAC CGCTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATAC GGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCG AAGATGCTGACTATGCACTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCT CATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA 0079 Mutant CGD1 PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Mutant SY3CT Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYALVPRGS HHHHHHG 0080 Mutant CGD1 DNA Artificial ATGAGTAAAGGAGAAGAACTTTTCACTGGAGTTGT GFPuv4 Sequence CCCAATTCTTGTTGAATTAGATGGTGATGTTAATG GGCACAAATTTTCTGTCAGTGGAGAGGGTGAAGGT GATGCAACATACGGAAAACTTACCCTTAAATTTAT TTGCACTACTGGAAAACTACCTGTTCCATGGCCAA CACTTGTCACTACTCTGACGTATGGTGTTCAATGC TTTTCCCGTTATCCGGATCATATGAAACGGCATGA CTTTTTCAAGAGTGCCATGCCCGAAGGTTATGTAC AGGAACGCACTATATCTTTCAAAGATGACGGGAAC TACAAGACGCGTGCTGAAGTCAAGTTTGAAGGTGA TACCCTTGTTAATCGTATCGAGTTAAAAGGTATTG ATTTTAAAGAAGATGGAAACATTCTCGGACACAAA CTCGAGTACAACTATAACTCACACAATGTATACAT CACGGCAGACAAACAAAAGAATGGAATCAAAGCTA ACTTCAAAATTCGCCACAACATTGAAGATGGATCC GTTCAACTAGCAGACCATTATCAACAAAATACTCC AATTGGCGATGGCCCTGTCCTTTTACCAGACAACC ATTACCTGTCGACACAATCTGCCCTTTTGAAAGAT CCCAACGAAAAGCGTGACCACATGGTCCTTCTTGA GTTTGTAACTGCTGCTGGGATTACACATGGCATGG ATGAACTATACAAA 0081 Mutant CGD1 PRT Artificial MSKGEELFTGVVPILVELDGDVNGHKFSVSGEGEG GFPuv4 Sequence DATYGKLTLKFICTTGKLPVPWPTLVTTLTYGVQC FSRYPDHMKRHDFFKSAMPEGYVQERTISFKDDGN YKTRAEVKFEGDTLVNRIELKGIDFKEDGNILGHK LEYNYNSHNVYITADKQKNGIKANFKIRHNIEDGS VQLADHYQQNTPIGDGPVLLPDNHYLSTQSALLKD PNEKRDHMVLLEFVTAAGITHGMDELYK 0082 Mutant CGD1 DNA Artificial ATGAGTAAAGGAGAAGAACTTTTCACTGGAGTTGT GFPuv4  Sequence CCCAATTCTTGTTGAATTAGATGGTGATGTTAATG mutation GGCACAAATTTTCTGTCAGTGGAGAGGGTGAAGGT of wt  GATGCAACATACGGAAAACTTACCCTTAAATTTAT NdeI site TTGCACTACTGGAAAACTACCTGTTCCATGGCCAA CACTTGTCACTACTCTGACGTATGGTGTTCAATGC TTTTCCCGTTATCCGGATCACATGAAACGGCATGA CTTTTTCAAGAGTGCCATGCCCGAAGGTTATGTAC AGGAACGCACTATATCTTTCAAAGATGACGGGAAC TACAAGACGCGTGCTGAAGTCAAGTTTGAAGGTGA TACCCTTGTTAATCGTATCGAGTTAAAAGGTATTG ATTTTAAAGAAGATGGAAACATTCTCGGACACAAA CTCGAGTACAACTATAACTCACACAATGTATACAT CACGGCAGACAAACAAAAGAATGGAATCAAAGCTA ACTTCAAAATTCGCCACAACATTGAAGATGGATCC GTTCAACTAGCAGACCATTATCAACAAAATACTCC AATTGGCGATGGCCCTGTCCTTTTACCAGACAACC ATTACCTGTCGACACAATCTGCCCTTTTGAAAGAT CCCAACGAAAAGCGTGACCACATGGTCCTTCTTGA GTTTGTAACTGCTGCTGGGATTACACATGGCATGG ATGAACTATACAAATAA 0083 Mutant CGD1 DNA Artificial TCTAGACGGCCGATCTCAGGTAAGAATGGAATCAA Forward  Sequence AGCTAACTTCAAAATTCGC primer FCGFP 0084 Mutant CGD1 PRT Artificial NVYIPISGKNGIKANFKIRH PRT altered Sequence GFPuv4  sequence 0085 Mutant CGD1 DNA Artificial AGATCTCCGCGGTTTGTATAGTTCATCCATGCCAT Reverse  Sequence GTGTAATCCC RCGFP 0086 Mutant CGD1 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT DNA Sequence  Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT of CGD1  AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC construct AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAC TGGTTCCGCCGATCTCAGGTAAGAATGGAATCAAA GCTAACTTCAAAATTCGCCACAACATTGAAGATGG ATCCGTTCAACTAGCAGACCATTATCAACAAAATA CTCCAATTGGCGATGGCCCTGTCCTTTTACCAGAC AACCATTACCTGTCGACACAATCTGCCCTTTTGAA AGATCCCAACGAAAAGCGTGACCACATGGTCCTTC TTGAGTTTGTAACTGCTGCTGGGATTACACATGGC ATGGATGAACTATACAAACCGCGGGGTTCTCATCA TCATCATCATCATGGTTAAGTCGAC 0087 Mutant CGD1 DNA Artificial ATGAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGA Expressed  Sequence TGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTT Mutant CTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAAC CGD1 GCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGA AGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGC GTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGG ACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGA TGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCG TTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTC CTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGG TGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGATCTGC AAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGG TTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAAGTACCGCTAACCC ACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGG ACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAAC CGCTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATAC GGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCG AAGATGCTGACTATGCACTGGTTCCGCCGATCTCA GGTAAGAATGGAATCAAAGCTAACTTCAAAATTCG CCACAACATTGAAGATGGATCCGTTCAACTAGCAG ACCATTATCAACAAAATACTCCAATTGGCGATGGC CCTGTCCTTTTACCAGACAACCATTACCTGTCGAC ACAATCTGCCCTTTTGAAAGATCCCAACGAAAAGC GTGACCACATGGTCCTTCTTGAGTTTGTAACTGCT GCTGGGATTACACATGGCATGGATGAACTATACAA ACCGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTT AA 0088 Mutant CGD1 PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Expressed  Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG Mutant TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV CGD1 LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYALVPPIS GKNGIKANFKIRHNIEDGSVQLADHYQQNTPIGDG PVLLPDNHYLSTQSALLKDPNEKRDHMVLLEFVTA AGITHGMDELYKPRGSHHHHHHG 0089 Mutant CPM194 DNA Artificial ATGAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC Mutant CPM194 Sequence TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAT CCCCGGGAAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGCGAAA GACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTT CACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCC GTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACC ACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCT GCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTA ACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATC CAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGA TCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTA AAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAG GTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTCTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTC TCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA 0090 Mutant CPM194 PRT Artificial MSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAI Mutant CPM194 Sequence TNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYASPGSGLRINSAK DDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRNANDGISIAQT TEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNGTNSDSDLKSI QDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKVLSQDNQMKIQ VGANDGLVPRGSHHHHHHG 0091 Mutant CPM194 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT Mutant CPM194 Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGTACCGCTAACCCA CTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGA CGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAACC GCTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATACG GTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGA AGATGCTGACTATGCATCCCCGGGAAGCGGGTTAC GGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAG GCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGG TCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCA TTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAAT GAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTT GTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATT CCGATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAA CGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGAC TCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACA ACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGT CTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCA TGGTTAAGTCGAC 0092 Mutant CPM194 DNA Artificial TCTAGACATATGAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTC Forward primer Sequence AATTG FCD1 0093 Mutant CPM194 DNA Artificial GCTTCCCGGGGATGCATAGTCAGCATCTTCGATAC Reverse primer Sequence GGC RCD1J 0094 Mutant CPM194 DNA Artificial GCATCCCCGGGAAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCG Forward primer Sequence FND1J 0095 Mutant CPM194 DNA Artificial AGATCTCCGCGGAACCAGACCATCGTTAGCACCAA Reverse primer Sequence CCTGGATTTTCATCT RND1 0096 Mutant CPM217 DNA Artificial ATGAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC Mutant CPM217 Sequence TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAT CCCCGGGAAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGCGAAA GACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTT CACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCC GTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACC ACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCT GCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTA ACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATC CAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGA TCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTA AAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAG GTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGA TCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTG ATGGGTTCAATGTTAATCTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCT CATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA 0097 Mutant CPM217 PRT Artificial MSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAI Mutant CPM217 Sequence TNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYASPGSGLRINSAK DDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRNANDGISIAQT TEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNGTNSDSDLKSI QDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKVLSQDNQMKIQ VGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDGFNVNLVPRGS HHHHHHG 0098 Mutant CPM217 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT Mutant CPM217 Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGTACCGCTAACCCA CTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGA CGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAACC GCTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATACG GTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGA AGATGCTGACTATGCATCCCCGGGAAGCGGGTTAC GGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAG GCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGG TCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCA TTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAAT GAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTT GTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATT CCGATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAA CGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGAC TCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACA ACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGT GAAACCATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGT GAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATC TGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCAT GGTTAAGTCGAC 0099 Mutant CPM217 DNA Artificial AGATCTCCGCGGAACCAGATTAACATTGAACCCAT Reverse primer Sequence CAAGGCCAAG RCPM217 0100 Mutant GD1G DNA Artificial CCCGTTATCCGGATCACATGAAACGGCATGACTTT Forward Primer Sequence TTC FGFP77 0101 Mutant GD1G DNA Artificial GAAAAAGTCATGCCGTTTCATGTGATCCGGATAAC Reverse Primer Sequence GGG RGFP77 0102 Mutant GD1G DNA Artificial CTGTTCCATGGCCAACACTTG FGFP54 Sequence 0103 Mutant GD1G DNA Artificial TCTAGACATATGAGTAAAGGAGAAGAACTTTTCAC Forward primer Sequence TGGAGTTGTCC FNGFP 0104 Mutant GD1G DNA Artificial GGCCTATGCGGCCGCAGTAAAGGAGAAGAACTTTT altered GFP  Sequence CACTGGAGTTGTCCCAATTCTTGTTGAA DNA sequence 0105 Mutant GD1G DNA Artificial AGATCTATTAATGCGGCCTGATAGGCCTTGTTTGT Reverse RNGFP Sequence CTGCCGTGATGTATACATTGTG 0106 Mutant GD1G PRT Artificial SHNVYITADKQGLSGRNM altered GFP  Sequence PRT sequence 0107 Mutant GD1G DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT DNA Sequence Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT of GD1G  AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGTAAAGGAGAAGAA construct CTTTTCACTGGAGTTGTCCCAATTCTTGTTGAATT AGATGGTGATGTTAATGGGCACAAATTTTCTGTCA GTGGAGAGGGTGAAGGTGATGCAACATACGGAAAA CTTACCCTTAAATTTATTTGCACTACTGGAAAACT ACCTGTTCCATGGCCAACACTTGTCACTACTCTGA CGTATGGTGTTCAATGCTTTTCCCGTTATCCGGAT CACATGAAACGGCATGACTTTTTCAAGAGTGCCAT GCCCGAAGGTTATGTACAGGAACGCACTATATCTT TCAAAGATGACGGGAACTACAAGACGCGTGCTGAA GTCAAGTTTGAAGGTGATACCCTTGTTAATCGTAT CGAGTTAAAAGGTATTGATTTTAAAGAAGATGGAA ACATTCTCGGACACAAACTCGAGTACAACTATAAC TCACACAATGTATACATCACGGCAGACAAACAAGG CCTATCAGGCCGCATTATGAGCGGGTTACGGATCA ACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATT GCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGAC TCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCTA TTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATC AACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGT TCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGATC TGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTG GAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAATT TAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGA TGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAACC ATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAG CCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGG GAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCT GCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCT GGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATTA CCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTCC GCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCACT GGTTCCGCCGATCTCAGGTAAGAATGGAATCAAAG CTAACTTCAAAATTCGCCACAACATTGAAGATGGA TCCGTTCAACTAGCAGACCATTATCAACAAAATAC TCCAATTGGCGATGGCCCTGTCCTTTTACCAGACA ACCATTACCTGTCGACACAATCTGCCCTTTTGAAA GATCCCAACGAAAAGCGTGACCACATGGTCCTTCT TGAGTTTGTAACTGCTGCTGGGATTACACATGGCA TGGATGAACTATACAAACCGCGGGGTTCTCATCAT CATCATCATCATGGTTAAGTCGAC 0108 Mutant GD1G DNA Artificial ATGAGTAAAGGAGAAGAACTTTTCACTGGAGTTGT Expressed  Sequence CCCAATTCTTGTTGAATTAGATGGTGATGTTAATG Mutant GGCACAAATTTTCTGTCAGTGGAGAGGGTGAAGGT GD1G GATGCAACATACGGAAAACTTACCCTTAAATTTAT TTGCACTACTGGAAAACTACCTGTTCCATGGCCAA CACTTGTCACTACTCTGACGTATGGTGTTCAATGC TTTTCCCGTTATCCGGATCACATGAAACGGCATGA CTTTTTCAAGAGTGCCATGCCCGAAGGTTATGTAC AGGAACGCACTATATCTTTCAAAGATGACGGGAAC TACAAGACGCGTGCTGAAGTCAAGTTTGAAGGTGA TACCCTTGTTAATCGTATCGAGTTAAAAGGTATTG ATTTTAAAGAAGATGGAAACATTCTCGGACACAAA CTCGAGTACAACTATAACTCACACAATGTATACAT CACGGCAGACAAACAAGGCCTATCAGGCCGCATTA TGAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGAT GCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTTC TAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACG CTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGAA GGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGCG TGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGGA CTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGAT GAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCGT TTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCC TGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGT GCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGATCTGCA AAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGT TCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAAGTACCGCTAACCCA CTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGA CGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAACC GCTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATACG GTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGA AGATGCTGACTATGCACTGGTTCCGCCGATCTCAG GTAAGAATGGAATCAAAGCTAACTTCAAAATTCGC CACAACATTGAAGATGGATCCGTTCAACTAGCAGA CCATTATCAACAAAATACTCCAATTGGCGATGGCC CTGTCCTTTTACCAGACAACCATTACCTGTCGACA CAATCTGCCCTTTTGAAAGATCCCAACGAAAAGCG TGACCACATGGTCCTTCTTGAGTTTGTAACTGCTG CTGGGATTACACATGGCATGGATGAACTATACAAA CCGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTA A 0109 Mutant GD1G PRT Artificial MSKGEELFTGVVPILVELDGDVNGHKFSVSGEGEG Expressed  Sequence DATYGKLTLKFICTTGKLPVPWPTLVTTLTYGVQC Mutant FSRYPDHMKRHDFFKSAMPEGYVQERTISFKDDGN GD1G YKTRAEVKFEGDTLVNRIELKGIDFKEDGNILGHK LEYNYNSHNVYITADKQGLSGRIMSGLRINSAKDD AAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRNANDGISIAQTTE GALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNGTNSDSDLKSIQD EIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKVLSQDNQMKIQVG ANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDGFNVNSPGSTANP LASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITNLGNT VTNLNSARSRIEDADYALVPPISGKNGIKANFKIR HNIEDGSVQLADHYQQNTPIGDGPVLLPDNHYLST QSALLKDPNEKRDHMVLLEFVTAAGITHGMDELYK PRGSHHHHHHG 0110 Mutant MF227C DNA Artificial CTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGG mutant 470CT Sequence AATTTCCGGTGGTGGTGGTGGAATTACATTAATCA template ATGAAGACGCTGCCGCAGCCAAGAAAAGTACCGCT AACCCACTGGCTTCAATTG 0111 Mutant MF227C PRT Artificial LGLDGFNVNSPGISGGGGGITLINEDAAAAKKSTA mutant 470CT Sequence NPLASI template 0112 Mutant MF227C DNA Artificial AGATCTCCGCGGAACCAGTAAAGAGAGGACGTTTT Reverse Primer Sequence GCGGAACCTGGTTTGCATAGTCAGCATCTTCGATA R2YY CG 0113 Mutant MF227C DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT DNA sequence  Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT of Mutant  AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC MF227C AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGTTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA ACCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTT CCGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTA AGTCGAC 0114 Mutant MF227C DNA Artificial ATGAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGA Mutant MF227C Sequence TGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTT CTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAAC GCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGA AGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGC GTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGG ACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGA TGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCG TTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTC CTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGG TGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGATCTGC AAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGG TTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAAGTACCGCTAACCC ACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGG ACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAAC CGTTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATAC GGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCG AAGATGCTGACTATGCAAACCAGGTTCCGCAAAAC GTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCA TCATCATCATCATGGTTAA 0115 Mutant MF227C PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Mutant MF227C Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYANQVPQN VLSLLVPRGSHHHHHHG 0116 Mutant MF227N DNA Artificial AGATCTCCCGGGGAACCATCGTTAGCACCAACCTG Reverse Primer Sequence GATTTTC RMF227N 0117 Mutant MF227N DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT DNA sequence  Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT of mutant  AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC MF227N AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTTCCCC GGGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATT CTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCT CTGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCAT TACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACT CCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCA ACGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCT GCAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTA ACCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTT CCGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTA AGTCGAC 0118 Mutant MF227N DNA Artificial ATGAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGA mutant MF227N Sequence TGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTT CTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAAC GCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGA AGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGC GTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGG ACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGA TGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCG TTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTC CTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGG TGCTAACGATGGTTCCCCGGGAAGTACCGCTAACC CACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTG GACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAA CCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATA CGGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATC GAAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTAATAT GTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTACTT CCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAACCAGGTTCCGCAAAAC GTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCA TCATCATCATCATGGTTAA 0119 Mutant MF227N PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN mutant MF227N Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKV DAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRI EDADYATEVSNMSKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVPQN VLSLLVPRGSHHHHHHG 0120 Mutant MF233 DNA Artificial AGATCTCCGCGGAACCAGCAGGTTATTCTGGGTCA Reverse primer Sequence ACAGCGACAGGCTGTTTGTATTAATGACTTGTGCA RMF233 TAGTCAGCATCTTCGATACG 0121 Mutant MF233 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT DNA Sequence  Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT of construct  AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC MF233 AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAC AAGTCATTAATACAAACAGCCTGTCGCTGTTGACC CAGAATAACCTGCTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCA TCATCATCATCATGGTTAAGTCGAC 0122 Mutant MF233 DNA Artificial ATGAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGA MF233 Sequence TGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTT CTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAAC GCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGA AGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGC GTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGG ACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGA TGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCG TTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTC CTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGG TGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGATCTGC AAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGG TTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAAGTACCGCTAACCC ACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGG ACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAAC CGCTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATAC GGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCG AAGATGCTGACTATGCACAAGTCATTAATACAAAC AGCCTGTCGCTGTTGACCCAGAATAACCTGCTGGT TCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTT AA 0123 Mutant MF233 PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN MF233 Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYAQVINTN SLSLLTQNNLLVPRGSHHHHHHG 0124 Mutant MF471 DNA Artificial GCTGACTATGCAACGGCAGTTTCTGCTATGTCTGC Forward primer Sequence AGCGCAGATTCTGC F471-77 0125 Mutant MF471 DNA Artificial GCAGAATCTGCGCTGCAGACATAGCAGAAACTGCC Reverse Primer Sequence GTTGCATAGTCAGC R471-77 0126 Mutant MF471 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT DNA Sequence  Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT of construct  AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC MF471 AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA CGGCAGTTTCTGCTATGTCTGCAGCGCAGATTCTG CAGCAGGCTGGTCTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCA TCATCATCATCATGGTTAAGTCGAC 0127 Mutant MF471 DNA Artificial ATGAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGA MF471 Sequence TGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTT CTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAAC GCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGA AGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGC GTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGG ACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGA TGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCG TTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTC CTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGG TGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGATCTGC AAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGG TTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAAGTACCGCTAACCC ACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGG ACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAAC CGCTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATAC GGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCG AAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGCAGTTTCTGCTATG TCTGCAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTCTGGT TCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTT AA 0128 Mutant MF471 PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN MF471 Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATAVSAM SAAQILQQAGLVPRGSHHHHHHG 0129 Mutant MF479 DNA Artificial GTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGGCGATTCTGGGAGC Forward primer Sequence GGCTGGTCTGGTTCCGCGG F479-83 0130 Mutant MF479 DNA Artificial CCGCGGAACCAGACCAGCCGCTCCCAGAATCGCCG Reverse Primer Sequence CTTTAGACATATTAGAAAC R479-83 0131 Mutant MF479 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT DNA Sequence  Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT of construct  AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC MF479 AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA CGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGGCGATTCTG GGAGCGGCTGGTCTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCA TCATCATCATCATGGTTAAGTCGAC 0132 Mutant MF479 DNA Artificial ATGAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGA Mutant MF479 Sequence TGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTT CTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAAC GCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGA AGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGC GTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGG ACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGA TGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCG TTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTC CTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGG TGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGATCTGC AAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGG TTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAAGTACCGCTAACCC ACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGG ACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAAC CGCTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATAC GGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCG AAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTAATATG TCTAAAGCGGCGATTCTGGGAGCGGCTGGTCTGGT TCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTT AA 0133 Mutant MF479 PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Mutant MF479 Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNM SKAAILGAAGLVPRGSHHHHHHG 0134 Mutant N45 DNA Artificial TCTAGAGGATCCGGCAGGCCAGGCG Forward primer Sequence N45_F 0135 Mutant N45 DNA Artificial CGCAAGCTTGTCGACTTAACGC Reverse R502D0 Sequence 0136 Mutant N45 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT DNA sequence  Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT of Mutant N45 AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGCGGGGTTCTCATCAT CATCATCATCATGGTATGGCTAGCATGACTGGTGG ACAGCAAATGGGTCGGGATCTGTACGACCTGGTTC CGCGCGGTAGCGCGAAGGATCCGGCAGGCCAGGCG ATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCT GACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTT CTATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAA ATCAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTC TGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCG ATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGT CTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCA ATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACC AGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAA ACCATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAA AAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCC CGGGAATTTCCGGTGGTGGTGGTGGAATTCTAGAC TCCATGGGTACATTAATCAATGAAGACGCTGCCGC AGCCAAGAAAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAA TTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGT TCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGTTTTGATTC AGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATC TGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGAC TATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCA GATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGC AGGCTAACCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTA CTGCGTTAAGTCGACAAGCTTGCGG 0137 Mutant N45 PRT Artificial MRGSHHHHHHGMASMTGGQQMGRDLYDLVPRGSAK Mutant N45 Sequence DPAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRNANDGISIAQTT EGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNGTNSDSDLKSIQ DEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKVLSQDNQMKIQV GANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDGFNVNSPGISGG GGGILDSMGTLINEDAAAAKKSTANPLASIDSALS KVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARS RIEDADYATEVSNMSKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVP QNVLSLLR 0138 Mutant NGD1 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT DNA Sequence  Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT of NGD1  AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGTAAAGGAGAAGAA construct CTTTTCACTGGAGTTGTCCCAATTCTTGTTGAATT AGATGGTGATGTTAATGGGCACAAATTTTCTGTCA GTGGAGAGGGTGAAGGTGATGCAACATACGGAAAA CTTACCCTTAAATTTATTTGCACTACTGGAAAACT ACCTGTTCCATGGCCAACACTTGTCACTACTCTGA CGTATGGTGTTCAATGCTTTTCCCGTTATCCGGAT CACATGAAACGGCATGACTTTTTCAAGAGTGCCAT GCCCGAAGGTTATGTACAGGAACGCACTATATCTT TCAAAGATGACGGGAACTACAAGACGCGTGCTGAA GTCAAGTTTGAAGGTGATACCCTTGTTAATCGTAT CGAGTTAAAAGGTATTGATTTTAAAGAAGATGGAA ACATTCTCGGACACAAACTCGAGTACAACTATAAC TCACACAATGTATACATCACGGCAGACAAACAAGG CCTATCAGGCCGCATTATGAGCGGGTTACGGATCA ACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATT GCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGAC TCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCTA TTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATC AACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGT TCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGATC TGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTG GAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAATT TAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGA TGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAACC ATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAG CCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGG GAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCT GCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCT GGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATTA CCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTCC GCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCACT GGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATG GTTAAGTCGAC 0139 Mutant NGD1 DNA Artificial ATGAGTAAAGGAGAAGAACTTTTCACTGGAGTTGT Expressed  Sequence CCCAATTCTTGTTGAATTAGATGGTGATGTTAATG Mutant GGCACAAATTTTCTGTCAGTGGAGAGGGTGAAGGT SY3-GFP GATGCAACATACGGAAAACTTACCCTTAAATTTAT TTGCACTACTGGAAAACTACCTGTTCCATGGCCAA CACTTGTCACTACTCTGACGTATGGTGTTCAATGC TTTTCCCGTTATCCGGATCACATGAAACGGCATGA CTTTTTCAAGAGTGCCATGCCCGAAGGTTATGTAC AGGAACGCACTATATCTTTCAAAGATGACGGGAAC TACAAGACGCGTGCTGAAGTCAAGTTTGAAGGTGA TACCCTTGTTAATCGTATCGAGTTAAAAGGTATTG ATTTTAAAGAAGATGGAAACATTCTCGGACACAAA CTCGAGTACAACTATAACTCACACAATGTATACAT CACGGCAGACAAACAAGGCCTATCAGGCCGCATTA TGAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGAT GCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTTC TAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACG CTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGAA GGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGCG TGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGGA CTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGAT GAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCGT TTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCC TGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGT GCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGATCTGCA AAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGT TCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAAGTACCGCTAACCCA CTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGA CGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAACC GCTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATACG GTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGA AGATGCTGACTATGCACTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTC ATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA 0140 Mutant NGD1 PRT Artificial MSKGEELFTGVVPILVELDGDVNGHKFSVSGEGEG Expressed  Sequence DATYGKLTLKFICTTGKLPVPWPTLVTTLTYGVQC Mutant FSRYPDHMKRHDFFKSAMPEGYVQERTISFKDDGN SY3-GFP/Mutant YKTRAEVKFEGDTLVNRIELKGIDFKEDGNILGHK NGD1 LEYNYNSHNVYITADKQGLSGRIMSGLRINSAKDD AAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRNANDGISIAQTTE GALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNGTNSDSDLKSIQD EIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKVLSQDNQMKIQVG ANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDGFNVNSPGSTANP LASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITNLGNT VTNLNSARSRIEDADYALVPRGSHHHHHHG 0141 Mutant S33 DNA Artificial TCTAGAGGATCCGTCTGGTCTGCGTATCAACAGCG Forward F502 Sequence C S33 0142 Mutant S33 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT DNA sequence  Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT of Mutant S33 AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGCGGGGTTCTCATCAT CATCATCATCATGGTATGGCTAGCATGACTGGTGG ACAGCAAATGGGTCGGGATCTGTACGACCTGGTTC CGCGCGGTAGCGCGAAGGATCCGTCTGGTCTGCGT ATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGC GATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTC TGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATT TCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGA AATCAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGT CTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCC GATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACG TCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTC AATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAAC CAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGA AACCATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGA AAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCC CCGGGAATTTCCGGTGGTGGTGGTGGAATTCTAGA CTCCATGGGTACATTAATCAATGAAGACGCTGCCG CAGCCAAGAAAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCA ATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCG TTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGTTTTGATT CAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAAT CTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGA CTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGC AGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCG CAGGCTAACCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTT ACTGCGTTAAGTCGAC 0143 Mutant S33 DNA Artificial ATGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTAT Mutant S33 Sequence GGCTAGCATGACTGGTGGACAGCAAATGGGTCGGG ATCTGTACGACCTGGTTCCGCGCGGTAGCGCGAAG GATCCGTCTGGTCTGCGTATCAACAGCGCGAAAGA CGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCA CTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGT AACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCAC TGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGC AGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAAC GGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCA GGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATC GCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAA GTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGT TGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGATC TGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGAT GGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAATTTCCGGTGG TGGTGGTGGAATTCTAGACTCCATGGGTACATTAA TCAATGAAGACGCTGCCGCAGCCAAGAAAAGTACC GCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTC AAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAA TTCAAAACCGTTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTT GGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAG CCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAGTTT CTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCAGGCT GGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAACCAGGTTCC GCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGCGTTAA 0144 Mutant S33 PRT Artificial MRGSHHHHHHGMASMTGGQQMGRDLYDLVPRGSAK Mutant S33 Sequence DPSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASR NANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATN GTNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVK VLSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLD GFNVNSPGISGGGGGILDSMGTLINEDAAAAKKST ANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITNL GNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNMSKAQILQQA GTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLR 0145 Mutant SY3CT DNA Artificial AGATCTCCGCGGAACCAGTGCATAGTCAGCATCTT Reverse primer Sequence CGATACGGC RSY3CT 0146 Mutant SY3CT DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT DNA Sequence  Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT of SY3CT  AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC construct AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAC TGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCAT GGTTAAGTCGAC 0147 Mutant SY3CT DNA Artificial ATGAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGA Expressed  Sequence TGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTT Mutant CTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAAC SY3CT GCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGA AGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGC GTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGG ACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGA TGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCG TTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTC CTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGG TGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGATCTGC AAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGG TTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAAGTACCGCTAACCC ACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGG ACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAAC CGCTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATAC GGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCG AAGATGCTGACTATGCACTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCT CATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA 0148 Mutant SY3CT PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Expressed  Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG Mutant TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV SY3CT LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYALVPRGS HHHHHHG 0149 Mutant 33MX DNA Artificial ATGAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGA Mutant 33MX Sequence TGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTT CTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAAC GCTGCAGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGA AGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGC GTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTGCCGGG GCTAACGCTGATGCCGCTCTGAAAGCTATCCAGGC TGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCG TTTCTCAGCAGACTCAAGCTGCCGCTGTTAAAGTC CTGTCTCAGGACAACGCAATGGCAATCCAGGTTGG TGCTAACGATGGTGCCGCTATTACCATCGATCTGC AAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGG TTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAAGTACCGCTAACCC ACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGG ACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAAC CGCTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATAC GGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCG AAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTCAAATG TCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTACTTC CGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAACCAGGTTCCGCAAAACG TCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCAT CATCATCATCATGGTTAA 0150 Mutant 33MX PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Mutant 33MX Sequence AADGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATAG ANADAALKAIQAEIQQRLEEIDRVSQQTQAAAVKV LSQDNAMAIQVGANDGAAITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSQM SKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHH HHHHG 0151 Mutant 33MX DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT DNA sequence  Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT of 33MX AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTGCAGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTGCCGGGGCTAACGCTGATGCCGCT CTGAAAGCTATCCAGGCTGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTCAGCAGACTCAAG CTGCCGCTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACGCA ATGGCAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGCCGC TATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA CGGAAGTTTCTCAAATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTG CAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAA CCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTC CGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA GTCGAC 0152 Mutant 485MX DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT DNA Sequence  Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT of 485MX  AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC construct AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTGCAGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTGCCGGGGCTAACGCTGATGCCGCT CTGAAAGCTATCCAGGCTGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTCAGCAGACTCAAG CTGCCGCTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACGCA ATGGCAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGCCGC TATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA CGGAAGTTTCTCAAATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTG CAGCAGGCTGGTCTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCA TCATCATCATCATGGTTAAGTCGAC 0153 Mutant 485MX DNA Artificial ATGAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGA 485MX  Sequence TGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTT construct CTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAAC GCTGCAGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGA AGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGC GTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTGCCGGG GCTAACGCTGATGCCGCTCTGAAAGCTATCCAGGC TGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCG TTTCTCAGCAGACTCAAGCTGCCGCTGTTAAAGTC CTGTCTCAGGACAACGCAATGGCAATCCAGGTTGG TGCTAACGATGGTGCCGCTATTACCATCGATCTGC AAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGG TTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAAGTACCGCTAACCC ACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGG ACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAAC CGCTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATAC GGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCG AAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTCAAATG TCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTCTGGT TCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTT AA 0154 Mutant 485MX PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN 485MX  Sequence AADGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATAG construct ANADAALKAIQAEIQQRLEEIDRVSQQTQAAAVKV LSQDNAMAIQVGANDGAAITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSQM SKAQILQQAGLVPRGSHHHHHHG 0155 Mutant MIM4 DNA Artificial ATGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTAT CBLB502  Sequence GGCTAGCATGACTGGTGGACAGCAAATGGGTCGGG variant ATCTGTACGACGATGACGATAAGGATCCGATGGCA CAAGTCATTAATACAAACAGCCTGTCGCTGTTGAC CCAGAATAACCTGCAGAAATCTCAGTCCTCACTGA GTTCCGCTATTGAGCGTCTGTCCTCTGGTCTGCGT ATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGC GATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTC TGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATT TCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGA AATCAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGT CTGTTCAGGCCACTCAAGGGACTAACTCTGATTCC GATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACG TCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTCAGCAGACTC AATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAAC CAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGA AACCATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGA AAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCC CCGGGAATTTCCGGTGGTGGTGGTGGAATTCTAGA CTCCATGGGTACATTAATCAATGAAGACGCTGCCG CAGCCAAGAAAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCA ATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCG TTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGTTTTGATT CAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAAT CTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGA CTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTCAAATGTCTAAAGCGC AGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCG CAGGCTAACCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTT ACTGCGTTAA 0156 Mutant MIM4 DNA Artificial AACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAA Primers design Sequence AGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTC (for deletion AAAACCGTTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCGCCCTTGGC aa Gln439;  GCTACGGTAACCGCTCTGGCCTCCGCGCGTAGCGC Asn440; TATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTC Arg441; AAATG Phe442): 0157 Mutant MIM4 PRT Artificial NPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQNRFDSAITALG Primers design Sequence ATVTALASARSAIEDADYATEVSNM (for deletion aa Gln439;  Asn440; Arg441; Phe442): 0158 Mutant MIM4 DNA Artificial GCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTGATTCAGC Forward Primer Sequence CATTACCGCCCTTGG MIM4 0159 Mutant MIM4 DNA Artificial CCAAGGGCGGTAATGGCTGAATCAATTGCCCCCAG Reverse Primer Sequence AGAAGAACGAACTGC MIM4 0160 Mutant MIM4 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT MIM4 Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAAATAATTTTGTTTAACTT TAAGAAGGAGATATACATATGCGGGGTTCTCATCA TCATCATCATCATGGTATGGCTAGCATGACTGGTG GACAGCAAATGGGTCGGGATCTGTACGACGATGAC GATAAGGATCCGATGGCACAAGTCATTAATACAAA CAGCCTGTCGCTGTTGACCCAGAATAACCTGAACA AATCTCAGTCCTCACTGAGTTCCGCTATTGAGCGT CTGTCCTCTGGTCTGCGTATCAACAGCGCGAAAGA CGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCA CTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGT AACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCAC TGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGC AGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAAC GGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCA GGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATC GCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAA GTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGT TGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGATC TGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGAT GGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAATTTCCGGTGG TGGTGGTGGAATTCTAGACTCCATGGGTACATTAA TCAATGAAGACGCTGCCGCAGCCAAGAAAAGTACC GCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTC AAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAA TTGATTCAGCCATTACCGCCCTTGGCGCTACGGTA ACCGCTCTGGCCTCCGCGGCTAGCCGTATCGAAGA TGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTA AAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTT CTGGCGCAGGCTAACCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCT CTCTTTACTGCGTTAA 0161 Mutant MIM4 PRT Artificial MRGSHHHHHHGMASMTGGQQMGRDLYDDDDKDPMA MIM4 Sequence QVINTNSLSLLTQNNLNKSQSSLSSAIERLSSGLR INSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRNANDGI SIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNGTNSDS DLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKVLSQDN QMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDGFNVNS PGISGGGGGILDSMGTLINEDAAAAKKSTANPLAS IDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIDSAITALGATVTALASA ASRIEDADYATEVSNMSKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQ VPQNVLSLLR 0162 Mutant MIM5 DNA Artificial AACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAA Primers design Sequence AGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTG (mutations CAAAGGCTTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCGCCCTTGGC Gln439Ala; GCTACGGTAACCGCTCTGGCCTCCGCGCGTAGCGC Asn440Lys; TATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTC Arg441Ala): AAATG 0163 Mutant MIM5 PRT Artificial NPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIAKAFDSAITALG Primers design Sequence ATVTALASARSAIEDADYATEVSNM (mutations Gln439Ala; Asn440Lys; Arg441Ala): 0164 Mutant MIM5 DNA Artificial CGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTGCAAAGGCTTTTGA Forward Primer Sequence TTCAGCCATTACCGC MIM5 0165 Mutant MIM5 DNA Artificial GCGGTAATGGCTGAATCAAAAGCCTTTGCAATTGC Reverse Primer Sequence CCCCAGAGAAGAACG MIM5 0166 Mutant MIM5 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT MIM5 Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAAATAATTTTGTTTAACTT TAAGAAGGAGATATACATATGCGGGGTTCTCATCA TCATCATCATCATGGTATGGCTAGCATGACTGGTG GACAGCAAATGGGTCGGGATCTGTACGACGATGAC GATAAGGATCCGATGGCACAAGTCATTAATACAAA CAGCCTGTCGCTGTTGACCCAGAATAACCTGAACA AATCTCAGTCCTCACTGAGTTCCGCTATTGAGCGT CTGTCCTCTGGTCTGCGTATCAACAGCGCGAAAGA CGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCA CTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGT AACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCAC TGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGC AGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAAC GGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCA GGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATC GCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAA GTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGT TGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGATC TGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGAT GGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAATTTCCGGTGG TGGTGGTGGAATTCTAGACTCCATGGGTACATTAA TCAATGAAGACGCTGCCGCAGCCAAGAAAAGTACC GCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTC AAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAA TTGCAAAGGCTTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCGCCCTT GGCGCTACGGTAACCGCTCTGGCCTCCGCGGCTAG CCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAGTTT CTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCAGGCT GGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAACCAGGTTCC GCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGCGTTAA 0167 Mutant MIM5 PRT Artificial MRGSHHHHHHGMASMTGGQQMGRDLYDDDDKDPMA MIM5 Sequence QVINTNSLSLLTQNNLNKSQSSLSSAIERLSSGLR INSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRNANDGI SIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNGTNSDS DLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKVLSQDN QMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDGFNVNS PGISGGGGGILDSMGTLINEDAAAAKKSTANPLAS IDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIAKAFDSAITALGATVTA LASAASRIEDADYATEVSNMSKAQILQQAGTSVLA QANQVPQNVLSLLR 0168 Mutant MIMX DNA Artificial ATGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTAT Mutant 33MIMX Sequence GGCTAGCATGACTGGTGGACAGCAAATGGGTCGGG ATCTGTACGACCTGGTTCCGCGCGGTAGCGCGAAG GATCCGTCTGGTCTGCGTATCAACAGCGCGAAAGA CGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCA CTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGT AACGCTGCAGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCAC TGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGC AGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAAC GGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCA GGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATC GCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAGCTAACGGTGTTAAA GTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACGCAATGAAAATCCAGGT TGGTGCTAACGATGGTGCCGCTATTACCATCGATC TGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGAT GGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAATTTCCGGTGG TGGTGGTGGAATTCTAGACTCCATGGGTACATTAA TCAATGAAGACGCTGCCGCAGCCAAGAAAAGTACC GCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTC AAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAA TTCAAGCTCGTTTTGCCGCGGCCATTGCTAACCTT GGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAG CCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAGTTT CTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCAGGCT GGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAACCAGGTTCC GCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGCGTTAA 0169 Mutant MIMX PRT Artificial MRGSHHHHHHGMASMTGGQQMGRDLYDLVPRGSAK MIMx Sequence DPSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASR NAADGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATN GTNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQANGVK VLSQDNAMKIQVGANDGAAITIDLQKIDVKSLGLD GFNVNSPGISGGGGGILDSMGTLINEDAAAAKKST ANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQARFAAAIANL GNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNMSKAQILQQA GTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLR 0170 Mutant MIMX DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT DNA sequence  Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT of 33MIMx AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGCGGGGTTCTCATCAT CATCATCATCATGGTATGGCTAGCATGACTGGTGG ACAGCAAATGGGTCGGGATCTGTACGACCTGGTTC CGCGCGGTAGCGCGAAGGATCCGTCTGGTCTGCGT ATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGC GATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTC TGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTGCAGACGGCATT TCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGA AATCAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGT CTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCC GATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACG TCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTC AAGCTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAAC GCAATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGC CGCTATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGA AAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCC CCGGGAATTTCCGGTGGTGGTGGTGGAATTCTAGA CTCCATGGGTACATTAATCAATGAAGACGCTGCCG CAGCCAAGAAAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCA ATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCG TTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAGCTCGTTTTGCCG CGGCCATTGCTAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAAT CTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGA CTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGC AGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCG CAGGCTAACCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTT ACTGCGTTAAGTCGAC 0171 Mutant MIXC DNA Artificial AGATCTGTCGACTTAACCATGATGATGATGATGAT Reverse primer Sequence GAGAACCCCGCGGAACCAGTAAAGAGAGGACGTTT RMIXC TGCGGAACC 0172 Mutant MIXC DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT DNA sequence  Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT of MIXC AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAGCTCGTTTTGCCGCGGCCATT GCTAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA CGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTG CAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAA CCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTC CGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA GTCGAC 0173 Mutant MIXC PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN MIXC Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQA RFAAAIANLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNM SKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHH HHHHG 0174 Mutant MIXN DNA Artificial AGATCTCATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGC Forward primer Sequence GAAAGACGATGC FMIMxN 0175 Mutant MIXN DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT DNA sequence  Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT of MIX.N AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTGCAGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAG CTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACGCA ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGCCGC TATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA CGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTG CAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAA CCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTC CGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA GTCGAC 0176 Mutant MIXN PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Expressed  Sequence AADGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG Mutant TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQANGVKV MIX.N LSQDNAMKIQVGANDGAAITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNM SKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHH HHHHG 0177 Mutants MIM1; DNA Artificial AACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAA MIM2 and MIM3 Sequence AGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTC 502 Mutants AAAACCGTTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGC MIM1; MIM2 and AATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCG MIM3 C- TATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTC terminal part AAATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGT of CBLB502 ACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAACCAGGTTCCGCA AAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGCGTTAA 0178 Mutants MIM1; DNA Artificial ATTACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAA MIM2 and MIM3 Sequence CTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGAT Primers design (mutant MIM1) 0179 Mutants MIM1; PRT Artificial ITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIED MIM2 and MIM3 Sequence Primers design (mutant MIM1) 0180 Mutants MIM1; DNA Artificial CCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCGCTCTGGCCTCCGCGC MIM2 and MIM3 Sequence GTAGCCGTATC Forward Primer 455-57 0181 Mutants MIM1; DNA Artificial GATACGGCTACGCGCGGAGGCCAGAGCGGTTACCG MIM2 and MIM3 Sequence TATTGCCAAGG Reverse Primer 455-57 0182 Mutants MIM1; DNA Artificial ACGGTAACCGCTCTGGCCTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTAT MIM2 and MIM3 Sequence CGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGAA Primers design (mutant MIM2_MIM1 plus R460A) 0183 Mutants MIM1; PRT Artificial TVTALASARSRIEDADYATE MIM2 and MIM3 Sequence Primers design (mutant MIM2_MIM1 plus R460A) 0184 Mutants MIM1; DNA Artificial GCTCTGGCCTCCGCGGCTAGCCGTATCGAAGATG MIM2 and MIM3 Sequence Forward Primer 460 0185 Mutants MIM1; DNA Artificial CATCTTCGATACGGCTAGCCGCGGAGGCCAGAGC MIM2 and MIM3 Sequence Reverse Primer 460 0186 Mutants MIM1; DNA Artificial CAAAACCGTTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGG MIM2 and MIM3 Sequence CAATACGGTAACCGCTCTGGCCTCC Primers design (mutant MIM3_MIM2 plus N448A; N451A) 0187 Mutants MIM1; PRT Artificial QNRFDSAITNLGNTVTALAS MIM2 and MIM3 Sequence Primers design (mutant MIM3_MIM2 plus N448A; N451A) 0188 Mutants MIM1; DNA Artificial GTTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCGCCCTTGGCGCTACG MIM2 and MIM3 Sequence GTAACCGCTCTGG Forward Primer 448-51 0189 Mutants MIM1; DNA Artificial CCAGAGCGGTTACCGTAGCGCCAAGGGCGGTAATG MIM2 and MIM3 Sequence GCTGAATCAAAAC Reverse Primer 448-51 0190 Mutant ME42 DNA Artificial CAACAGCGCGAAAGCCGATGCGGGAGGCCAGGCGA Forward Primer Sequence TTGC ME42 0191 Mutant ME42 DNA Artificial GCAATCGCCTGGCCTCCCGCATCGGCTTTCGCGCT Reverse Primer Sequence GTTG ME42 0192 Mutant ME42 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT Sequence of  Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT ME42 AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC construct AACAGCGCGAAAGCCGATGCGGGAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA CGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTG CAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAA CCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTC CGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA GTCGAC 0193 Mutant ME42 PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKADAGGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Mutant ME42 Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNM SKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHH HHHHG 0194 Mutant ME110 DNA Artificial GTCTGTTCAGGCCACTGCCGGGGCTAACTCTGATT Forward Primer Sequence CCGATCTG ME100 0195 Mutant ME110 DNA Artificial CAGATCGGAATCAGAGTTAGCCCCGGCAGTGGCCT Reverse Primer Sequence GAACAGAC ME100 0196 Mutant ME110 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT Sequence of Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT ME100  AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC construct AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTGCCGGGGCTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA CGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTG CAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAA CCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTC CGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA GTCGAC 0197 Mutant ME110 PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Mutant ME110 Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATAG ANSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNM SKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHH HHHHG 0198 Mutant  DNA Artificial CTGATTCCGATCTGAAAGCTATCCAGGCTGAAATT ME100/110 Sequence CAGCAACGTC Forward Primer ME110 0199 Mutant  DNA Artificial GACGTTGCTGAATTTCAGCCTGGATAGCTTTCAGA ME100/110 Sequence TCGGAATCAG Reverse Primer ME110 0200 Mutant  DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT ME100/110 Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT Sequence of AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC ME100/110 AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT construct TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTGCCGGGGCTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAAGCTATCCAGGCTGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA CGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTG CAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAA CCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTC CGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA GTCGAC 0201 Mutant ME104N DNA Artificial ATGAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGA Intermediate Sequence TGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTT Mutant  CTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAAC ME100/110 GCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGA AGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGC GTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTGCCGGG GCTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAAGCTATCCAGGC TGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATCGCG TTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTC CTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGG TGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGATCTGC AAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGG TTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAAGTACCGCTAACCC ACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGG ACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAAC CGCTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATAC GGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCG AAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTAATATG TCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTACTTC CGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAACCAGGTTCCGCAAAACG TCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCAT CATCATCATCATGGTTAA 0202 Mutant  PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN ME100/110 Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATAG Mutant  ANSDSDLKAIQAEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV ME110/110 LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNM SKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHH HHHHG 0203 Mutant ME104 DNA Artificial GCCACTAACGGGACTAACGCTGATGCCGCTCTGAA Forward Primer Sequence ATCTATCCAG ME104 0204 Mutant ME104 DNA Artificial CTGGATAGATTTCAGAGCGGCATCAGCGTTAGTCC Reverse Primer Sequence CGTTAGTGGC ME104 0205 Mutant ME104 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT Sequence of Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT ME104  AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC construct AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACGCTGATGCCGCT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA CGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTG CAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAA CCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTC CGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA GTCGAC 0206 Mutant ME104 PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Mutant ME104 Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG TNADAALKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNM SKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHH HHHHG 0207 Mutant ME104N DNA Artificial GCCACTGCCGGGGCTAACGCTGATGCCGCTCTGAA Primer  Sequence AGCTATCCAG FME104New 0208 Mutant ME104N DNA Artificial CTGGATAGCTTTCAGAGCGGCATCAGCGTTAGCCC Primer  Sequence CGGCAGTGGC RME104New 0209 Mutant ME104N DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT Sequence of Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT construct AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC ME104New AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTGCCGGGGCTAACGCTGATGCCGCT CTGAAAGCTATCCAGGCTGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA CGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTG CAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAA CCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTC CGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA GTCGAC 0210 Mutant ME104N PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Mutant ME104N Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATAG ANADAALKAIQAEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNM SKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHH HHHHG 0211 Mutant ME110 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT Sequence of Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT ME110  AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC construct AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAAGCTATCCAGGCTGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA CGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTG CAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAA CCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTC CGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA GTCGAC 0212 Mutant ME110 PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Mutant ME110 Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG TNSDSDLKAIQAEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNM SKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHH HHHHG 0213 Mutant ME117 DNA Artificial CTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGGCACGTCTGGCAGAA Forward Primer Sequence ATCGATCGCG ME117 0214 Mutant ME117 DNA Artificial CGCGATCGATTTCTGCCAGACGTGCCTGAATTTCA Reverse Primer Sequence TCCTGGATAG ME117 0215 Mutant ME117 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT Sequence of  Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT 33ML construct AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC (should  AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT this say TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA ME117?) CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGGCACGTCT GGCAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA CGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTG CAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAA CCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTC CGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA GTCGAC 0216 Mutant ME117 PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Mutant ME117 Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQARLAEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNM SKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHH HHHHG 0217 Mutant ME124 DNA Artificial GGAAGAAATCGATGCCGTTTCTGCTGCGACTCAAT Forward Primer Sequence TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTC ME104 0218 Mutant ME124 DNA Artificial GAGACAGGACTTTAACACCGTTAAATTGAGTCGCA Reverse Primer Sequence GCAGAAACGGCATCGATTTCTTCC ME104 0219 Mutant ME124 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT Sequence of Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT ME124  AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC construct AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATGCCGTTTCTGCTGCGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA CGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTG CAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAA CCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTC CGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA GTCGAC 0220 Mutant ME124 PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Mutant ME124 Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDAVSAATQFNGVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNM SKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHH HHHHG 0221 Mutant ME124P DNA Artificial CAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATGCCGTTTCTAA Forward Primer Sequence TCAGACTCAATTTAACGG ME124P 0222 Mutant ME124P DNA Artificial CCGTTAAATTGAGTCTGATTAGAAACGGCATCGAT Reverse Primer Sequence TTCTTCCAGACGTTGCTG ME124P 0223 Mutant ME124 DNA Artificial ATGAGCGGGTTACGGATCAACAGCGCGAAAGACGA Expressed  Sequence TGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGATTGCTAACCGCTTCACTT Mutant CTAATATCAAAGGTCTGACTCAGGCTTCCCGTAAC ME124P GCTAACGACGGCATTTCTATTGCGCAGACCACTGA AGGTGCGCTGAATGAAATCAACAACAACCTGCAGC GTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTGTTCAGGCCACTAACGGG ACTAACTCTGATTCCGATCTGAAATCTATCCAGGA TGAAATTCAGCAACGTCTGGAAGAAATCGATGCCG TTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTAACGGTGTTAAAGTC CTGTCTCAGGACAACCAGATGAAAATCCAGGTTGG TGCTAACGATGGTGAAACCATTACCATCGATCTGC AAAAAATTGATGTGAAAAGCCTTGGCCTTGATGGG TTCAATGTTAATTCCCCGGGAAGTACCGCTAACCC ACTGGCTTCAATTGATTCTGCATTGTCAAAAGTGG ACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTCTGGGGGCAATTCAAAAC CGCTTTGATTCAGCCATTACCAACCTTGGCAATAC GGTAACCAATCTGAACTCCGCGCGTAGCCGTATCG AAGATGCTGACTATGCAACGGAAGTTTCTAATATG TCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTGCAGCAGGCTGGTACTTC CGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAACCAGGTTCCGCAAAACG TCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTCCGCGGGGTTCTCATCAT CATCATCATCATGGTTAA 0224 Mutant ME124P DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT ME124P Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATGCCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA CGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTG CAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAA CCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTC CGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA GTCGAC 0225 Mutant ME124P PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN ME124P Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDAVSNQTQFNGVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNM SKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHH HHHHG 0226 Mutant ME132 DNA Artificial CGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAATTTGCCGCTGTTAAAG Forward Primer Sequence TCCTGTCTCAGGACAACC ME132 0227 Mutant ME132 DNA Artificial GGTTGTCCTGAGACAGGACTTTAACAGCGGCAAAT Reverse Primer Sequence TGAGTCTGATTAGAAACG ME132 0228 Mutant ME132 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT Sequence of Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT ME132  AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC construct AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTGCCGCTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA CGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTG CAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAA CCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTC CGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA GTCGAC 0229 Mutant ME132 PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Mutant ME117 Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG (ME132?) TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFAAVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNM SKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHH HHHHG 0230 Mutant ME142 DNA Artificial GTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACGCGATGGCAAT Forward Primer Sequence CCAGGTTGGTGCTAACG ME142 0231 Mutant ME142 DNA Artificial CGTTAGCACCAACCTGGATTGCCATCGCGTTGTCC Reverse Primer Sequence TGAGACAGGACTTTAAC ME142 0232 Mutant ME142 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT Sequence of Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT ME142  AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC construct AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACGCG ATGGCAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA CGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTG CAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAA CCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTC CGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA GTCGAC 0233 Mutant ME142 PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Mutant ME142 Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV LSQDNAMAIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNM SKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHH HHHHG 0234 Mutant ME150 DNA Artificial GATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAGCGCTGCTGAAA Forward Primer Sequence CCATTACCATCGATCTGC ME150 0235 Mutant ME150 DNA Artificial GCAGATCGATGGTAATGGTTTCAGCAGCGCTAGCA Reverse Primer Sequence CCAACCTGGATTTTCATC ME150 0236 Mutant ME150 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT Sequence of Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT ME150  AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC construct AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAGCGCTGCTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACTATGCAA CGGAAGTTTCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTG CAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAA CCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTC CGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA GTCGAC 0237 Mutant ME150 PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Mutant ME150 Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGASAAETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADYATEVSNM SKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHH HHHHG 0238 Mutant ME468 DNA Artificial GCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACGCTGGAGCGGAAGTT Forward Primer Sequence GCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAG ME468 0239 Mutant ME468 DNA Artificial CTGCGCTTTAGACATATTAGCAACTTCCGCTCCAG Reverse Primer Sequence CGTCAGCATCTTCGATACGGC ME468 0240 Mutant ME468 DNA Artificial TAATACGACTCACTATAGGGGAATTGTGAGCGGAT Sequence of Sequence AACAATTCCCCTCTAGAATAATTTTGTTTAACTTT ME468  AAGAAGGAGATATACATATGAGCGGGTTACGGATC construct AACAGCGCGAAAGACGATGCGGCAGGCCAGGCGAT TGCTAACCGCTTCACTTCTAATATCAAAGGTCTGA CTCAGGCTTCCCGTAACGCTAACGACGGCATTTCT ATTGCGCAGACCACTGAAGGTGCGCTGAATGAAAT CAACAACAACCTGCAGCGTGTGCGTGAGTTGTCTG TTCAGGCCACTAACGGGACTAACTCTGATTCCGAT CTGAAATCTATCCAGGATGAAATTCAGCAACGTCT GGAAGAAATCGATCGCGTTTCTAATCAGACTCAAT TTAACGGTGTTAAAGTCCTGTCTCAGGACAACCAG ATGAAAATCCAGGTTGGTGCTAACGATGGTGAAAC CATTACCATCGATCTGCAAAAAATTGATGTGAAAA GCCTTGGCCTTGATGGGTTCAATGTTAATTCCCCG GGAAGTACCGCTAACCCACTGGCTTCAATTGATTC TGCATTGTCAAAAGTGGACGCAGTTCGTTCTTCTC TGGGGGCAATTCAAAACCGCTTTGATTCAGCCATT ACCAACCTTGGCAATACGGTAACCAATCTGAACTC CGCGCGTAGCCGTATCGAAGATGCTGACGCTGGAG CGGAAGTTGCTAATATGTCTAAAGCGCAGATTCTG CAGCAGGCTGGTACTTCCGTTCTGGCGCAGGCTAA CCAGGTTCCGCAAAACGTCCTCTCTTTACTGGTTC CGCGGGGTTCTCATCATCATCATCATCATGGTTAA GTCGAC 0241 Mutant ME468 PRT Artificial MSGLRINSAKDDAAGQAIANRFTSNIKGLTQASRN Mutant ME468 Sequence ANDGISIAQTTEGALNEINNNLQRVRELSVQATNG TNSDSDLKSIQDEIQQRLEEIDRVSNQTQFNGVKV LSQDNQMKIQVGANDGETITIDLQKIDVKSLGLDG FNVNSPGSTANPLASIDSALSKVDAVRSSLGAIQN RFDSAITNLGNTVTNLNSARSRIEDADAGAEVANM SKAQILQQAGTSVLAQANQVPQNVLSLLVPRGSHH HHHHG 0242 Linker PRT Artificial SPG Sequence

Uses of Flagellin-Related Compositions

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions may stimulate Toll-like receptor activity (e.g. TLR1, and/or TLR2, and/or TLR3, and/or TLR4, and/or TLR5, and/or TLR6, and/or TLR7, and/or TLR8, and/or TLR9, and/or TLR10, and/or TLR11, and/or TLR12, and/or TLR13). The TLR family is composed of at least 10 members and is essential for innate immune defense against pathogens. The innate immune system recognizes conserved pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). TLR may recognize a conserved structure that is particular to bacterial flagellin which may be composed of a large group of residues that are somewhat permissive to variation in amino acid content. Smith et al., Nat. Immunol. 4:1247-53 (2003) have identified 13 conserved amino acids in flagellin that are part of the conserved structure recognized by TLR5. The 13 conserved amino acids of flagellin that may be important for TLR5 activity are shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B.

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition activates TLR5 signaling. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition activates TLR5 at the same levels, or levels similar to, CBLB502. Activation of TLR5 induces expression of the nuclear factor NF-κB, which in turn activates numerous inflammatory-related cytokines. In further embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions induce expression of proinflammatory cytokines. In further embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions induce expression of anti-inflammatory molecules. In another embodiment, the flagellin-related compositions induce expression of anti-apoptotic molecules. In yet a further embodiment, the flagellin-related compositions induce expression of anti-bacterial molecules. The targets of NF-κB, include, but are not limited to, IL-β, TNF-α, IL-6, IL-8, IL-18, G-CSF, TNFSF13B, keratinocyte chemoattractant (KC), BLIMP1/PRDM1, CCL5, CCL15, CCL17, CCL19, CCL20, CCL22, CCL23, CXCL1, CCL28, CXCL11, CXCL10, CXCL3, CXCL1, GRO-beta, GRO-gamma, CXCL1, ICOS, IFNG, IL-1A, IL-1B, URN, IL-2, IL-9, IL-10, IL-11, IL-12, IL-12B, IL-12A, IL-13, IL-15, IL-17, IL-23A, IL-27, EB13, IFNB1, CXCL5, KC, liGp1, CXCL5, CXCL6, LTA, LTB, CCL2, CXCL9, MCP-1/JE, CCL3, CCL4, CXCL3, CCL20, CXCL10, CXCL5, CCL5, CCL1, TNFbeta, TNFSF10, TFF3, TNFSF15, CD86, complement component 8a, CCL27, defensin-β3, MIG, MIP-2, and/or NOD2/CARD15.

In some embodiments, activating TLR5 signaling may regulate CD4⁺ T-cell immune function by increasing the generation of regulatory T-cells (T_(regs)), decreasing LPS-induced ERK1/2 activation, and/or activating Natural Killer (NK) T-cells.

Diseases and Methods of Treatment/Prevention

In various embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) and methods described herein are applicable to variety of disease states. In one aspect, the invention provides a method of stimulating TLR5 signaling comprising administering a flagellin-related composition of the invention to a subject in need thereof. Activating TLR5 signaling may have broad therapeutic applications, including, but not limited to treating cancer, protecting from radiation-induced or reperfusion-induced damage, acting as adjuvant in vaccines, or protecting cells from cytotoxic compounds.

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions of the invention, or fragments thereof may be provided as adjuvants to viral vaccines. In one embodiment, the flagellin-related compositions or fragments thereof may be administered in conjunction with an influenza vaccine or antigen to elicit a greater host immune response to the influenza antigens. In yet a further embodiment, the flagellin-related compositions of the invention, or fragments thereof may be provided as adjuvants to vaccines against parasites. In one embodiment, the flagellin-related compositions or fragments thereof may be administered in conjunction with an Plasmodium vaccine or antigen to elicit a greater host immune response to the Plasmodium antigen.

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions of the invention may be administered to protect cells from toxic conditions. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions may prevent liver cells from Fas-mediated injury. The flagellin-related compositions of the invention may cause a decrease in liver enzymes in the peripheral blood and caspase activation.

Cancers

In various embodiments, the present invention pertains to cancers and/or tumors; for example, the treatment or prevention of cancers and/or tumors. As used herein, “cancer” or “tumor” refers to an uncontrolled growth of cells and/or abnormal increased cell survival and/or inhibition of apoptosis which interferes with the normal functioning of the bodily organs and systems. Included are benign and malignant cancers, polyps, hyperplasia, as well as dormant tumors or micrometastases. Also, included are cells having abnormal proliferation that is not impeded by the immune system (e.g. virus infected cells). A subject that has a cancer or a tumor is a subject having objectively measurable cancer cells present in the subject's body. Cancers which migrate from their original location and seed vital organs can eventually lead to the death of the subject through the functional deterioration of the affected organs. Hematopoietic cancers, such as leukemia, are able to out-compete the normal hematopoietic compartments in a subject, thereby leading to hematopoietic failure (in the form of anemia, thrombocytopenia and neutropenia) ultimately causing death.

The cancer may be a primary cancer or a metastatic cancer. The primary cancer may be an area of cancer cells at an originating site that becomes clinically detectable, and may be a primary tumor. In contrast, the metastatic cancer may be the spread of a disease from one organ or part to another non-adjacent organ or part. The metastatic cancer may be caused by a cancer cell that acquires the ability to penetrate and infiltrate surrounding normal tissues in a local area, forming a new tumor, which may be a local metastasis.

The cancer may also be caused by a cancer cell that acquires the ability to penetrate the walls of lymphatic and/or blood vessels, after which the cancer cell is able to circulate through the bloodstream (thereby being a circulating tumor cell) to other sites and tissues in the body. The cancer may be due to a process such as lymphatic or hematogeneous spread. The cancer may also be caused by a tumor cell that comes to rest at another site, re-penetrates through the vessel or walls, continues to multiply, and eventually forms another clinically detectable tumor. The cancer may be this new tumor, which may be a metastatic (or secondary) tumor.

The cancer may be caused by tumor cells that have metastasized, which may be a secondary or metastatic tumor. The cells of the tumor may be like those in the original tumor. As an example, if a breast cancer or colon cancer metastasizes to the liver, the secondary tumor, while present in the liver, is made up of abnormal breast or colon cells, not of abnormal liver cells. The tumor in the liver may thus be a metastatic breast cancer or a metastatic colon cancer, not liver cancer.

The cancer may have an origin from any tissue. The cancer may originate from, for example, melanoma, colon, breast, or prostate, and thus may be made up of cells that were originally skin, colon, breast, or prostate, respectively. The cancer may also be a hematological malignancy, which may be lymphoma. The cancer may invade a tissue such as liver, lung, bladder, or intestinal. The invaded tissue may express a TLR, while the cancer may or may not express a TLR.

Also provided herein is a method of reducing cancer recurrence, comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof a flagellin-related composition of the invention. The cancer may be or may have been present in a tissue that either does or does not express TLR, such as TLR5. The method may also prevent cancer recurrence. The cancer may be an oncological disease. The cancer may be a dormant tumor, which may result from the metastasis of a cancer. The dormant tumor may also be left over from surgical removal of a tumor. The cancer recurrence may be tumor regrowth, a lung metastasis, or a liver metastasis.

Representative cancers and/or tumors of the present invention may or may not express TLR5, and may include, but are not limited to, a basal cell carcinoma, biliary tract cancer; bladder cancer; bone cancer; brain and central nervous system cancer; breast cancer; cancer of the peritoneum; cervical cancer; choriocarcinoma; colon and rectum cancer; connective tissue cancer; cancer of the digestive system;

endometrial cancer; esophageal cancer; eye cancer; cancer of the head and neck; gastric cancer (including gastrointestinal cancer); glioblastoma; hepatic carcinoma; hepatoma; intra-epithelial neoplasm; kidney or renal cancer; larynx cancer; leukemia; liver cancer; lung cancer (e.g., small-cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, adenocarcinoma of the lung, and squamous carcinoma of the lung); melanoma; myeloma; neuroblastoma; oral cavity cancer (lip, tongue, mouth, and pharynx); ovarian cancer; pancreatic cancer; prostate cancer; retinoblastoma; rhabdomyosarcoma; rectal cancer; cancer of the respiratory system; salivary gland carcinoma; sarcoma; skin cancer; squamous cell cancer; stomach cancer; testicular cancer; thyroid cancer; uterine or endometrial cancer; cancer of the urinary system; vulval cancer; lymphoma including Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, as well as B-cell lymphoma (including low grade/follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL); small lymphocytic (SL) NHL; intermediate grade/follicular NHL; intermediate grade diffuse NHL; high grade immunoblastic NHL; high grade lymphoblastic NHL; high grade small non-cleaved cell NHL; bulky disease NHL; mantle cell lymphoma; AIDS-related lymphoma; and Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia; chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL); acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL); Hairy cell leukemia; chronic myeloblastic leukemia; as well as other carcinomas and sarcomas; and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD), as well as abnormal vascular proliferation associated with phakomatoses, edema (such as that associated with brain tumors), and Meigs' syndrome.

The flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) and methods described herein are applicable metastatic diseases, including cancers and/or tumors. “Metastasis” refers to the spread of cancer from a primary site to other places in the body. Cancer cells can break away from a primary tumor, penetrate into lymphatic and blood vessels, circulate through the bloodstream, and grow in a distant focus (metastasize) in normal tissues elsewhere in the body. Metastasis can be local or distant. Metastasis is a sequential process, contingent on tumor cells breaking off from the primary tumor, traveling through the bloodstream, and stopping at a distant site. At the new site, the cells establish a blood supply and can grow to form a life-threatening mass. Both stimulatory and inhibitory molecular pathways within the tumor cell regulate this behavior, and interactions between the tumor cell and host cells in the distant site are also significant.

Metastases may be detected through the sole or combined use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, computed tomography (CT) scans, blood and platelet counts, liver function studies, chest X-rays and bone scans in addition to the monitoring of specific symptoms.

In some embodiments, the invention relates to a method of treating a mammal suffering from a constitutively active NF-κB cancer comprising administering to the mammal a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that induces NF-κB activity, including the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) described herein. The agent that induces NF-κB activity may be administered in combination with a cancer treatment.

In some embodiments, the present invention includes methods for treatment of side effects from cancer treatment comprising administering the flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein. In some embodiments, the side effects from cancer treatment include alopecia, myelosuppression, renal toxicity, weight loss pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, anemia, malnutrition, hair loss, numbness, changes in tastes, loss of appetite, thinned or brittle hair, mouth sores, memory loss, hemorrhage, cardiotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, ototoxicity, and post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment.

In some embodiments, the present invention relates to a method of treating a mammal suffering from damage to normal tissue attributable to treatment of cancer, including but not limited to a constitutively active NF-κB cancer, comprising administering to the mammal a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of the flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein.

Ageing and Stress

In some embodiments, the present invention includes methods for modulation of cell aging comprising administering the flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein.

In some embodiments, the present invention includes methods for treatment of stress comprising administering the flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein. This invention also relates to a method of treating a subject suffering from damage to normal tissue attributable to stress, comprising administering to the mammal a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents). The stress may be attributable to any source including, but not limited to, radiation, wounding, poisoning, infection, and temperature shock.

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) may be administered at any point prior to exposure to the stress including, but not limited to, about 48 hr, about 46 hr, about 44 hr, about 42 hr, about 40 hr, about 38 hr, about 36 hr, about 34 hr, about 32 hr, about 30 hr, about 28 hr, about 26 hr, about 24 hr, about 22 hr, about 20 hr, about 18 hr, about 16 hr, about 14 hr, about 12 hr, about 10 hr, about 8 hr, about 6 hr, about 4 hr, about 3 hr, about 2 hr, or about 1 hr prior to exposure. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition may be administered at any point after exposure to the stress including, but not limited to, about 1 hr, about 2 hr, about 3 hr, about 4 hr, about 6 hr, about 8 hr, about 10 hr, about 12 hr, about 14 hr, about 16 hr, about 18 hr, about 20 hr, about 22 hr, about 24 hr, about 26 hr, about 28 hr, about 30 hr, about 32 hr, about 34 hr, about 36 hr, about 38 hr, about 40 hr, about 42 hr, about 44 hr, about 46 hr, or about 48 hr after exposure.

Mitigation and Prevention of Radiation Damage

In still other embodiments, the present invention relates to treatment of radiation related diseases or damage. In specific embodiments, the present invention relates to mitigation of or prevention and/or protection from radiation related diseases.

In one embodiment, the present invention relates to the protection of cells from the effects of exposure to radiation. In some embodiments, the present invention pertains to a method of protecting a subject from radiation comprising administering a flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein. In some embodiments, the radiation is ionizing radiation. In some embodiments, the ionizing radiation is sufficient to cause gastrointestinal syndrome or hematopoietic syndrome. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein is administered in combination with a radioprotectant e.g. an antioxidant (e.g. amifostine and vitamin E), a cytokine (e.g. a stem cell factor), etc. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein is administered prior to, together with, or after radiation. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein is administered in combination with a growth factor (e.g. keratinocyte growth factor), a steroid (e.g. 5-androstenediol), ammonium trichloro(dioxoethylene-O,O′)tellurate, thyroid protecting agents (e.g. Potassium iodide (KI)), anti-nausea agents, anti-diarrhea agents, analgesics, anxiolytics, sedatives, cytokine therapy, antibiotics, antifungal agents, and/or antiviral agents.

In some embodiments, the present invention pertains to a method of treating and/or mitigating apoptosis-mediated tissue damage in a subject, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a composition comprising a flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein. In some embodiments the apoptosis is attributable to cellular stress. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein is administered prior to, together with, or after the tissue damage. In some embodiments, the cellular stress is radiation. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) is administered in combination with a radioprotectant (e.g. an antioxidant (e.g. amifostine and vitamin E), a cytokine (e.g. a stem cell factor), etc.

Injury and death of normal cells from ionizing radiation is a combination of a direct radiation-induced damage to the exposed cells and an active genetically programmed cell reaction to radiation-induced stress resulting in a suicidal death or apoptosis. Apoptosis plays a key role in massive cell loss occurring in several radiosensitive organs (e.g., hematopoietic and immune systems, epithelium of digestive tract, etc.), the failure of which determines general radiosensitivity of the organism. In some embodiments, administration of the flagellin-related compositions of the invention to a subject in need thereof suppresses apoptosis in cells. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions of the invention are administered to a subject undergoing cancer radiotherapy treatment to protect healthy cells from the damaging effects of the radiation treatment.

Exposure to ionizing radiation (IR) may be short- or long-term, and/or it may be applied as a single or multiple doses and/or it may be applied to the whole body or locally. The present invention, in some embodiments, pertains to nuclear accidents or military attacks, which may involve exposure to a single high dose of whole body irradiation (sometimes followed by a long-term poisoning with radioactive isotopes). The same is true (with strict control of the applied dose), for example, for pretreatment of patients for bone marrow transplantation when it is necessary to prepare hematopoietic organs for donor's bone marrow by “cleaning” them from the host blood precursors. Cancer treatment may involve multiple doses of local irradiation that greatly exceeds lethal dose if it were applied as a total body irradiation. Poisoning or treatment with radioactive isotopes results in a long-term local exposure to radiation of targeted organs (e.g., thyroid gland in the case of inhalation of ¹²⁵I). Further, there are many physical forms of ionizing radiation differing significantly in the severity of biological effects.

At the molecular and cellular level, radiation particles are able to produce breakage and cross-linking in the DNA, proteins, cell membranes and other macromolecular structures. Ionizing radiation also induces the secondary damage to the cellular components by giving rise to the free radicals and reactive oxygen species (ROS). Multiple repair systems counteract this damage, such as, several DNA repair pathways that restore the integrity and fidelity of the DNA, and antioxidant chemicals and enzymes that scavenge the free radicals and ROS and reduce the oxidized proteins and lipids. Cellular checkpoint systems detect the DNA defects and delay cell cycle progression until damage is repaired or decision to commit cell to growth arrest or programmed cell death (apoptosis) is reached

Radiation can cause damage to mammalian organism ranging from mild mutagenic and carcinogenic effects of low doses to almost instant killing by high doses. Overall radiosensitivity of the organism is determined by pathological alterations developed in several sensitive tissues that include hematopoietic system, reproductive system and different epithelia with high rate of cell turnover.

Acute pathological outcome of gamma irradiation leading to death is different for different doses and may be determined by the failure of certain organs that define the threshold of organism's sensitivity to each particular dose. Thus, lethality at lower doses occurs, for example, from bone marrow aplasia, while moderate doses kill faster, for example, by inducing a gastrointestinal (GI) syndrome. Very high doses of radiation can cause almost instant death eliciting neuronal degeneration.

Organisms that survive a period of acute toxicity of radiation can suffer from long-term remote consequences that include radiation-induced carcinogenesis and fibrosis developing in exposed organs (e.g., kidney, liver or lungs) in the months and years after irradiation.

Cellular DNA is a major target of IR that causes a variety of types of DNA damage (genotoxic stress) by direct and indirect (e.g. free radical-based) mechanisms. All organisms maintain DNA repair system capable of effective recovery of radiation-damaged DNA; errors in DNA repair process may lead to mutations.

In some embodiments, the radiation exposure experienced by the subject is a consequence of cancer radiotherapy treatment. Tumors are generally more sensitive to gamma radiation and can be treated with multiple local doses that cause relatively low damage to normal tissue. Nevertheless, in some instances, damage of normal tissues is a limiting factor in application of gamma radiation for cancer treatment. The use of gamma-irradiation during cancer therapy by conventional, three-dimensional conformal or even more focused BeamCath delivery has also dose-limiting toxicities caused by cumulative effect of irradiation and inducing the damage of the stem cells of rapidly renewing normal tissues, such as bone marrow and gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Administration of the flagellin-related compositions of the invention may protect the patient's healthy cells from radiation damage without affecting the radiosensitivity of the tumor cells.

In some embodiments, the subject has been exposed to lethal doses of radiation. At high doses, radiation-induced lethality is associated with so-called hematopoietic and gastrointestinal radiation syndromes. Hematopoietic syndrome is characterized by loss of hematopoietic cells and their progenitors making it impossible to regenerate blood and lymphoid system. Death usually occurs as a consequence of infection (result of immunosuppression), hemorrhage and/or anemia. GI syndrome is caused by massive cell death in the intestinal epithelium, predominantly in the small intestine, followed by disintegration of intestinal wall and death from bacteriemia and sepsis. Hematopoietic syndrome usually prevails at the lower doses of radiation and leads to the more delayed death than GI syndrome.

In the past, radioprotectants were typically antioxidants-both synthetic and natural. More recently, cytokines and growth factors have been added to the list of radioprotectants; the mechanism of their radioprotection is considered to be a result of facilitating the effects on regeneration of sensitive tissues. There is no clear functional distinction between both groups of radioprotectants, however, since some cytokines induce the expression of the cellular antioxidant proteins, such as manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) and metallothionein.

The measure of protection for a particular agent may be expressed by dose modification factor (DMF or DRF). DMF is determined by irradiating the radioprotector treated subject and untreated control subjects with a range of radiation doses and then comparing the survival or some other endpoints. DMF is commonly calculated for 30-day survival (LD50/30 drug-treated divided by LD50/30 vehicle-treated) and quantifies the protection of the hematopoietic system. In order to estimate gastrointestinal system protection, LD50 and DMF are calculated for 6- or 7-day survival.

The flagellin-related compositions described herein possess strong pro-survival activity at the cellular level and on the organism as a whole. In response to super-lethal doses of radiation, the flagellin-related compositions described herein may inhibit both gastrointestinal and hematopoietic syndromes, which are major causes of death from acute radiation exposure. As a result of these properties, the flagellin-related compositions described herein may be used to treat the effects of natural radiation events and nuclear accidents. Moreover, the flagellin-related compositions described herein can be used in combination with other radioprotectants, thereby, dramatically increasing the scale of protection from ionizing radiation.

As opposed to conventional radioprotective agents (e.g., scavengers of free radicals), anti-apoptotic agents may not reduce primary radiation-mediated damage but may act against secondary events involving active cell reaction on primary damage, therefore complementing the existing lines of defense. Pifithrin-alpha, a pharmacological inhibitor of p53 (a key mediator of radiation response in mammalian cells), is an example of this new class of radioprotectants. However, the activity of p53 inhibitors is limited to protection of the hematopoietic system and has no protective effect in digestive tract (gastrointestinal syndrome), therefore reducing therapeutic value of these compounds.

The flagellin-related compositions described herein may be used as a radioprotective agent to extend the range of tolerable radiation doses by increasing radioresistance of humans beyond the levels achievable by currently available measures (shielding and application of existing bioprotective agents) and drastically increase the chances of crew survival in case of nuclear accidents or large-scale solar particle events, for example.

The flagellin-related compositions described herein are also useful for treating irreplaceable cell loss caused by low-dose irradiation, for example, in the central nervous system and reproductive organs. The flagellin-related compositions described herein may also be used during cancer chemotherapy to treat the side effects associated with chemotherapy, including alopecia, myelosuppression, renal toxicity, weight loss pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, anemia, malnutrition, hair loss, numbness, changes in tastes, loss of appetite, thinned or brittle hair, mouth sores, memory loss, hemorrhage, cardiotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, ototoxicity, and post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment.

In one embodiment, a mammal is treated for exposure to radiation, comprising administering to the mammal a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a flagellin-related composition. The flagellin-related composition may be administered in combination with one or more radioprotectants. The one or more radioprotectants may be any agent that treats the effects of radiation exposure including, but not limited to, antioxidants, free radical scavengers and cytokines.

The flagellin-related compositions described herein may inhibit radiation-induced programmed cell death in response to damage in DNA and other cellular structures. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions described herein may not deal with damage at the cellular and may not prevent mutations. Free radicals and reactive oxygen species (ROS) are the major cause of mutations and other intracellular damage. Antioxidants and free radical scavengers are effective at preventing damage by free radicals. The combination of a flagellin-related composition and an antioxidant or free radical scavenger may result in less extensive injury, higher survival, and improved health for mammals exposed to radiation. Antioxidants and free radical scavengers that may be used in the practice of the invention include, but are not limited to, thiols, such as cysteine, cysteamine, glutathione and bilirubin; amifostine (WR-2721); vitamin A; vitamin C; vitamin E; and flavonoids such as Indian holy basil (Ocimum sanctum), orientin and vicenin.

The flagellin-related compositions described herein may also be administered in combination with a number of cytokines and growth factors that confer radioprotection by replenishing and/or protecting the radiosensitive stem cell populations. Radioprotection with minimal side effects may be achieved by the use of stem cell factor (SCF, c-kit ligand), Flt-3 ligand, and interleukin-1 fragment IL-1b-rd. Protection may be achieved through induction of proliferation of stem cells (all mentioned cytokines), and prevention of their apoptosis (SCF). The treatment allows accumulation of leukocytes and their precursors prior to irradiation thus enabling quicker reconstitution of the immune system after irradiation. SCF efficiently rescues lethally irradiated mice with DMF in range 1.3-1.35 and is also effective against gastrointestinal syndrome. Flt-3 ligand also provides strong protection in mice and rabbits.

Several factors, while not cytokines by nature, stimulate the proliferation of the immunocytes and may be used in combination with the flagellin-related compositions described herein. For example, 5-AED (5-androstenediol) is a steroid that stimulates the expression of cytokines and increases resistance to bacterial and viral infections. Synthetic compounds, such as ammonium tri-chloro(dioxoethylene-O,O′—) tellurate (AS-101), may also be used to induce secretion of numerous cytokines and for combination with the flagellin-related compositions described herein.

Growth factors and cytokines may also be used to provide protection against the gastrointestinal syndrome. Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) promotes proliferation and differentiation in the intestinal mucosa, and increases the post-irradiation cell survival in the intestinal crypts. Hematopoietic cytokine and radioprotectant SCF may also increase intestinal stem cell survival and associated short-term organism survival.

The flagellin-related compositions described herein may offer protection against both gastrointestinal (GI) and hematopoietic syndromes. Such compositions may be used in combination with one or more inhibitors of GI syndrome (including, but are not limited to, cytokines such as SCF and KGF).

The flagellin-related composition may be administered at any point prior to exposure to radiation including, but not limited to, about 48 hr, about 46 hr, about 44 hr, about 42 hr, about 40 hr, about 38 hr, about 36 hr, about 34 hr, about 32 hr, about 30 hr, about 28 hr, about 26 hr, about 24 hr, about 22 hr, about 20 hr, about 18 hr, about 16 hr, about 14 hr, about 12 hr, about 10 hr, about 8 hr, about 6 hr, about 4 hr, about 3 hr, about 2 hr, or about 1 hr prior to exposure. The flagellin-related composition may be administered at any point after exposure to radiation including, but not limited to, about 1 hr, about 2 hr, about 3 hr, about 4 hr, about 6 hr, about 8 hr, about 10 hr, about 12 hr, about 14 hr, about 16 hr, about 18 hr, about 20 hr, about 22 hr, about 24 hr, about 26 hr, about 28 hr, about 30 hr, about 32 hr, about 34 hr, about 36 hr, about 38 hr, about 40 hr, about 42 hr, about 44 hr, about 46 hr, or about 48 hr after exposure to radiation.

In various embodiments, the present methods and compositions provide treatment or prevention of radiation-related disorders, such as ARS. In various embodiments, the treatments described herein reduce morbidity or mortality of an exposed population of human patients or accelerates recovery from symptoms of ARS. ARS often presents as a sequence of phased symptoms, which may vary with individual radiation sensitivity, type of radiation, and the radiation dose absorbed. Generally, without wishing to be bound by theory, the extent of symptoms will heighten and the duration of each phase will shorten with increasing radiation dose. ARS can be divided into three phases: prodromal phase (a.k.a. N-V-D stage), latent period and manifest illness. In various embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents), as described herein, may be administered to a human patient in any one of these three stages (i.e. the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) may be administered to a human patient in the prodromal phase, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) may be administered to a human patient in latent period, or the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) may be administered to a human patient in manifest illness stage).

In the prodromal phase there is often a relatively rapid onset of nausea, vomiting, and malaise. Use of antiemetics, (e.g. oral prophylactic antiemetics) such as granisetron (KYTRIL), ondansetron (ZOFRAN), and 5-HT3 blockers with or without dexamethasone, may be indicated in situations where high-dose radiological exposure has occurred, is likely, or is unavoidable. Accordingly, in various embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) may be administered to a human patient in receiving an anti-emetic agent or CBLB502 may be administered to a human patient in combination with an anti-emetic agent. For example, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) may also be added to the following antiemetic regimens: Ondansetron: initially 0.15 mg/kg IV; a continuous IV dose option consists of 8 mg followed by 1 mg/h for the next 24 hours. Oral dose is 8 mg every 8 hours as needed or Granisetron (oral dosage form): dose is usually 1 mg initially, then repeated 12 hours after the first dose. Alternatively, 2 mg may be taken as one dose. IV dose is based on body weight; typically 10 μg/kg (4.5 μg/lb) of body weight.

In the latent period, a human patient may be relatively symptom free. The length of this phase varies with the dose. The latent phase is longest preceding the bone-marrow depression of the hematopoietic syndrome and may vary between about 2 and 6 weeks. The latent period is somewhat shorter prior to the gastrointestinal syndrome, lasting from a few days to a week. It is shortest of all preceding the neurovascular syndrome, lasting only a matter of hours. These times are variable and may be modified by the presence of other disease or injury. Manifest illness presents with the clinical symptoms associated with the major organ system injured (marrow, intestinal, neurovascular).

In some embodiments, the present invention relates to the mitigation of, or protection of cells from, the effects of exposure to radiation. In some embodiments, the present invention pertains to a method of mitigating and/or protecting a human patient from radiation comprising administering the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents). In some embodiments, the radiation is ionizing radiation. In some embodiments, the ionizing radiation is sufficient to cause gastrointestinal syndrome or hematopoietic syndrome.

In some embodiments, the ARS comprises one of more of gastrointestinal syndrome; hematopoietic syndrome; neurovascular syndrome; apoptosis-mediated tissue damage, wherein the apoptosis is optionally attributable to cellular stress; and ionizing radiation induced apoptosis tissue damage.

Hematopoietic syndrome (a.k.a. bone marrow syndrome) is characterized by loss of hematopoietic cells and their progenitors making it impossible to regenerate blood and lymphoid system. This syndrome is often marked by a drop in the number of blood cells, i.e., aplastic anemia. This may result in infections (e.g. opportunistic infections) due to a low amount of white blood cells, bleeding due to a lack of platelets, and anemia due to few red blood cells in the circulation. These changes can be detected by blood tests after receiving a whole-body acute dose. Conventional trauma and burns resulting from a bomb blast are complicated by the poor wound healing caused by hematopoietic syndrome, increasing mortality. Death may occur as a consequence of infection (result of immunosuppression), hemorrhage and/or anemia. Hematopoietic syndrome usually prevails at the lower doses of radiation and leads to the more delayed death than GI syndrome.

Gastrointestinal syndrome is caused by massive cell death in the intestinal epithelium, predominantly in the small intestine, followed by disintegration of intestinal wall and death from bacteriemia and sepsis. Symptoms of this form of radiation injury include nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, loss of absorptive capacity, hemorrhage in denuded areas, and abdominal pain. Illustrative systemic effects of gastrointestinal syndrome include malnutrition, dehydration, renal failure, anemia, sepsis, etc. Without treatment (including, for example, bone marrow transplant), death is common (e.g. via infection from intestinal bacteria). In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents), may be used in combination with bone marrow transplant. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents), may be used in combination with one or more inhibitors of GI syndrome and/or any of the additional agents described herein.

Neurovascular syndrome presents with neurological symptoms such as dizziness, headache, or decreased level of consciousness, occurring within minutes to a few hours, and with an absence of vomiting. Additional symptoms include extreme nervousness and confusion; severe nausea, vomiting, and watery diarrhea; loss of consciousness; and burning sensations of the skin. Neurovascular syndrome is commonly fatal.

In some embodiments, the present invention provides a method for reducing the risk of death following exposure to irradiation comprising administering an effective amount of the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) In some embodiments, the radiation is potentially lethal, and, optionally, occurs as the result of a radiation disaster. In various embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) is administered within about 25 hours following radiation exposure. In some embodiments, the present invention provides a method for reducing the risk of death following exposure to potentially lethal irradiation occurring as the result of a radiation disaster, comprising administering the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) within about 25 hours following radiation exposure.

In various embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) are administered to a patient who has been exposed to a high dose of radiation, namely a whole body dose. In various embodiments, the high dose of radiation may not be uniform. In various embodiments, the ARS is a result of a high dose of radiation. In various embodiments, the high dose of radiation is about 2.0 Gy, or about 2.5 Gy, or about 3.0 Gy, or about 3.5 Gy, or about 4.0 Gy, or about 4.5 Gy, or about 5 Gy, or about 10 Gy, or about 15 Gy, or about 20 Gy, or about 25 Gy, or about 30 Gy. In various embodiments, the high dose of radiation is about 5 to about 30 Gy, or about 10 to 25 Gy, or about 15 to 20 Gy. In some embodiments, the high dose of radiation is assessed by one or more of physical dosimetry and/or biological dosimetry (e.g. multiparameter dose assessments), cytogenics (e.g. chromosomal analysis for, for example, blood samples (including, by way of non-limiting example, dicentric analysis). In various embodiments, whole-body radiation doses can be divided into sublethal (<2 Gy), potentially lethal (2-10 Gy), and supralethal (>10 Gy).

Reperfusion Injuries

In some embodiments, the present invention pertains to a method of treating the effects of reperfusion on a subject's tissue comprising administering the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) described herein. The flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) described herein may be administered in combination with an antioxidant, such as, for example, amifostine and vitamin E.

Reperfusion may be caused by an injury, which may be ischemia or hypoxia. The ischemia may result from a condition such as, for example, tachycardia, infarction, hypotension, embolism, thromboemoblism (blood clot), sickle cell disease, localized pressure to extremities to the body, and tumors. The hypoxia may be selected from hypoxemic hypoxia (carbon monoxide poisoning; sleep apnea, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, respiratory arrest; shunts), anemic hypoxia (O₂ content low), hypoxemic hypoxia, and histotoxic hypoxia. The localized pressure may be due to a tourniquet.

The flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) described herein may be administered prior to, together with, or after the influx of oxygen. The tissue may be for example, the GI tract, lung, kidney, liver, cardiovascular system, blood vessel endothelium, central nervous system, peripheral nervous system, muscle, bone, and hair follicle.

Reperfusion may damage a body component when blood supply returns to the body component after the injury. The effects of reperfusion may be more damaging to the body component than the injury itself. There are several mechanism and mediators of reperfusion including, for example, oxygen free radicals, intracellular calcium overload, and endothelial dysfunction. Excessive quantities of reactive oxygen species, when reintroduced into a previously injured body component, undergo a sequential reduction leading to the formation of oxygen free radicals. Potent oxidant radicals, such as superoxide anion, hydroxyl radical, and peroxynitrite may be produced within the first few minutes of reflow to the body component and may play a crucial role in the development of reperfusion injury. Oxygen free radicals also can be generated from sources other than reduction of molecular oxygen. These sources include enzymes, such as, for example, xanthine oxidase, cytochrome oxidase, and cyclooxygenase, and the oxidation of catecholamines.

Reperfusion is also a potent stimulus for neutrophil activation and accumulation, which in turn serve as potent stimuli for reactive oxygen species production. Specifically, the main products of the neutrophil respiratory burst are strong oxidizing agents including hydrogen peroxide, free oxygen radicals and hypochlorite. Neutrophils are the most abundant type of phagocyte, normally representing 50 to 60% of the total circulating leukocytes, and are usually the first cells to arrive at the site of injured body component. Oxygen-derived free radicals produce damage by reacting with polyunsaturated fatty acids, resulting in the formation of lipid peroxides and hydroperoxides that damage the body component and impair the function of membrane-bound enzyme systems. Free radicals stimulate the endothelial release of platelet activating factor and chemokines such as neutrophil activator factor, chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 1, and chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 1 which attracts more neutrophils and amplifies the production of oxidant radicals and the degree of reperfusion injury. Reactive oxygen species also quench nitric oxide, exaggerating endothelial injury and tissue cell dysfunction. In addition to an increased production, there is also a relative deficiency in endogenous oxidant scavenging enzymes, which further exaggerates free radical-mediated cardiac dysfunction.

Reperfusion may further result in marked endothelial cell dysfunction. Endothelial dysfunction facilitates the expression of a prothrombotic phenotype characterized by platelet and neutrophil activation, important mediators of reperfusion. Once neutrophils make contact with the dysfunctional endothelium, they are activated, and in a series of well-defined steps (rolling, firm adherence, and transmigration) they migrate into areas of tissue injury through endothelial cell junctions as part of the innate immune response.

Changes in intracellular calcium homeostasis play an important role in the development of reperfusion. Reperfusion may be associated with an increase in intracellular calcium; this effect may be related to increased sarcolemmal calcium entry through L-type calcium channels or may be secondary to alterations in sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium cycling. In addition to intracellular calcium overload, alterations in myofilament sensitivity to calcium have been implicated in reperfusion. Activation of calcium-dependent proteases (calpain I) with resultant myofibril proteolysis has been suggested to underscore reperfusion injury, as has proteolysis of troponin.

Reperfusion of tissue cells subjected to an injury had an altered cellular metabolism, which in turn may contribute to delayed functional recovery. For example, an injury may induce anaerobic metabolism in the cell with a net production of lactate. Lactate release persists during reperfusion, suggesting a delayed recovery of normal aerobic metabolism. Likewise, the activity of mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) may be inhibited up to 40% after an injury and may remain depressed for up to 30 minutes after reperfusion.

Each of these events during reperfusion can lead to stress to the tissue cells and programmed cell death (apoptosis) and necrosis of the tissue cells. Apoptosis normally functions to “clean” tissues from wounded and genetically damaged cells, while cytokines serve to mobilize the defense system of the organism against the pathogen. However, under conditions of severe injury both stress response mechanisms can by themselves act as causes of death.

In various embodiments, the effects of reperfusion may be caused by an injury to the body. The injury may be due to ischemia, hypoxia, an infarction, or an embolism. Treatment of the injury may lead to reperfusion and further damage to the body component.

Ischemia may be an absolute or relative shortage of blood supply to a body component. Relative shortage may be a mismatch, however small, of blood supplied (oxygen delivery) to a body component versus blood required to a body component for the adequate oxygenation. Ischemia may also be an inadequate flow of blood to a part of the body due to a constriction or blockage of blood vessels supplying it and may affect any body component in the body. Insufficient blood supply causes body components to become hypoxic, or, if no oxygen is supplied at all, anoxic. This may cause necrosis. The mechanisms of ischemia may vary greatly. For example, ischemia to any body component may be due to tachycardia (abnormally rapid beating of the heart), atherosclerosis (lipid-laden plaque obstructing the lumen of arteries), hypotension (low blood pressure in septic shock, heart failure), thromboembolisms (blood clots), outside compression of blood vessels (tumor), embolisms (foreign bodies in the circulation, e.g., amniotic fluid embolism), sickle cell disease (abnormally shaped hemoglobin), infarctions, induced g-forces which restrict the blood flow and force the blood to extremities of the body, localized extreme cold due to frostbite, ice, improper cold compression therapy, and any other force that restricts blood flow to the extremities such as a tourniquet. Force to restrict blood flow to extremities may be required due to severe lacerations, incisions, puncture such as a knifing, crushing injuries due to blunt force trauma, and ballistic trauma due to gunshot or shrapnel wounds. Ischemia may be a feature of heart diseases, ischemic colitis, transient ischemia attacks, cerebrovascular accidents, acute renal injury, ruptured arteriovenous malformations, and peripheral artery occlusive disease.

Hypoxia may be a deprivation of adequate supply of oxygen. Hypoxia may be pathological condition in which the body as a whole (generalized hypoxia) or region of the body (tissue hypoxia) is deprived of adequate oxygen supply. A variation in levels of arterial oxygen may be due to a mismatch between supply and demand of oxygen by body components. A complete deprivation of oxygen supply is anoxia. Hypoxia may be hypoxemic hypoxia, anemic hypoxia, hypoxemic hypoxia, histotoxic hypoxia, histotoxic hypoxia, and ischemic hypoxia.

Hypoxemic hypoxia may be an inadequate supply of oxygen to the body as a whole caused by low partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood. Hypoxemic hypoxia may be due to low partial pressure of atmospheric oxygen such as at high altitudes, replacement of oxygen in breathing mix of a modified atmosphere such as a sewer, replacement of oxygen intentionally as in recreational use of nitrous oxide, a decrease in oxygen saturation of the blood due to sleep apnea, or hypopnea, inadequate pulmonary ventilation such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or respiratory arrest, anatomical or mechanical shunts in the pulmonary circulation or a right to left shunt in the heart and lung. Shunts may cause collapsed alveoli that are still perfused or a block in ventilation to an area of the lung. Shunts may present blood meant for the pulmonary system to not be ventilated and prevent gas exchange because the blood vessels empty into the left ventricle and the bronchial circulation, which supplies the bronchi with oxygen.

Anemia hypoxia may be the total oxygen content is reduced but the arterial oxygen pressure is normal. Hypoxemic hypoxia may be when blood fails to deliver oxygen to target body components. Hypoxemic hypoxia may be caused by carbon monoxide poisoning which inhibits the ability of hemoglobin to release the oxygen bound to it, or methaemoglobinaemia, an abnormal hemoglobin that accumulates in the blood. Histotoxic hypoxia may be due to being unable to effectively use oxygen due to disabled oxidative phosphorylation enzymes.

Infarction is a type of pathological condition that can cause ischemia. Infarction may be a macroscopic area of necrotic tissue caused the loss of an adequate blood supply due to an occlusion. The infarction may be a white infarction composed of platelets and causes necrosis in organ tissues such as heart, spleen, and kidneys. The infarction may be a red infarction composed of red blood cells and fibrin strands in organ tissues of the lung. Disease associated with infarction may include myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, cerebrovascular accident (stroke), acute renal failure, peripheral artery occlusive disease (example being gangrene), antiphospholipid syndrome, sepsis, giant cell arthritis, hernia, and volvulus.

Embolism is a type of pathological condition that can cause ischemia. Embolism may be an object that migrates from one part of the body and causes an occlusion or blockage of a blood vessel in another part of the body. An embolism may be thromboembolism, fat embolism, air embolism, septic embolism, tissue embolism, foreign body embolism, amniotic fluid embolism. Thromboembolism may be a blood clot that is completely or partially detached from the site of thrombosis. Fat embolism may be endogenous fat tissues that escape into the blood circulation. The fracture of bones is one example of a leakage of fat tissue into the ruptured vessels and arteries. Air embolism may be a rupture of alveoli and inhaled air that leaks into the blood vessels. The puncture of the subclavian vein or intravenous therapy are examples of leakage of air into the blood vessels. A gas embolism may be gasses such as nitrogen and helium because insoluble and forming small bubbles in the blood.

Pharmaceutically Acceptable Salts and Excipients

The flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) described herein can possess a sufficiently basic functional group, which can react with an inorganic or organic acid, or a carboxyl group, which can react with an inorganic or organic base, to form a pharmaceutically acceptable salt. A pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt is formed from a pharmaceutically acceptable acid, as is well known in the art. Such salts include the pharmaceutically acceptable salts listed in, for example, Journal of Pharmaceutical Science, 66, 2-19 (1977) and The Handbook of Pharmaceutical Salts; Properties, Selection, and Use. P. H. Stahl and C. G. Wermuth (eds.), Verlag, Zurich (Switzerland) 2002, which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.

Pharmaceutically acceptable salts include, by way of non-limiting example, sulfate, citrate, acetate, oxalate, chloride, bromide, iodide, nitrate, bisulfate, phosphate, acid phosphate, isonicotinate, lactate, salicylate, acid citrate, tartrate, oleate, tannate, pantothenate, bitartrate, ascorbate, succinate, maleate, gentisinate, fumarate, gluconate, glucaronate, saccharate, formate, benzoate, glutamate, methanesulfonate, ethanesulfonate, benzenesulfonate, p-toluenesulfonate, camphorsulfonate, pamoate, phenyl acetate, trifluoroacetate, acrylate, chlorobenzoate, dinitrobenzoate, hydroxybenzoate, methoxybenzoate, methylbenzoate, o-acetoxybenzoate, naphthalene-2-benzoate, isobutyrate, phenylbutyrate, α-hydroxybutyrate, butyne-1,4-dicarboxylate, hexyne-1,4-dicarboxylate, caprate, caprylate, cinnamate, glycollate, heptanoate, hippurate, malate, hydroxymaleate, malonate, mandelate, mesylate, nicotinate, phthalate, teraphthalate, propiolate, propionate, phenylpropionate, sebacate, suberate, p-bromobenzenesulfonate, chlorobenzenesulfonate, ethylsulfonate, 2-hydroxyethylsulfonate, methylsulfonate, naphthalene-1-sulfonate, naphthalene-2-sulfonate, naphthalene-1,5-sulfonate, xylenesulfonate, and tartarate salts.

The term “pharmaceutically acceptable salt” also refers to a salt of the compositions of the present invention having an acidic functional group, such as a carboxylic acid functional group, and a base. Suitable bases include, but are not limited to, hydroxides of alkali metals such as sodium, potassium, and lithium; hydroxides of alkaline earth metal such as calcium and magnesium; hydroxides of other metals, such as aluminum and zinc; ammonia, and organic amines, such as unsubstituted or hydroxy-substituted mono-, di-, or tri-alkylamines, dicyclohexylamine; tributyl amine; pyridine; N-methyl, N-ethylamine; diethylamine; triethylamine; mono-, bis-, or tris-(2-OH-lower alkylamines), such as mono-; bis-, or tris-(2-hydroxyethyl)amine, 2-hydroxy-tert-butylamine, or tris-(hydroxymethyl)methylamine, N,N-di-lower alkyl-N-(hydroxyl-lower alkyl)-amines, such as N,N-dimethyl-N-(2-hydroxyethyl)amine or tri-(2-hydroxyethyl)amine; N-methyl-D-glucamine; and amino acids such as arginine, lysine, and the like.

In some embodiments, the compositions described herein are in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt.

Further, any flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) described herein can be administered to a subject as a component of a composition that comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or vehicle. Such compositions can optionally comprise a suitable amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient so as to provide the form for proper administration.

Pharmaceutical excipients can be liquids, such as water and oils, including those of petroleum, animal, vegetable, or synthetic origin, such as peanut oil, soybean oil, mineral oil, sesame oil and the like. The pharmaceutical excipients can be, for example, saline, gum acacia, gelatin, starch paste, talc, keratin, colloidal silica, urea and the like. In addition, auxiliary, stabilizing, thickening, lubricating, and coloring agents can be used. In one embodiment, the pharmaceutically acceptable excipients are sterile when administered to a subject. Water is a useful excipient when any agent described herein is administered intravenously. Saline solutions and aqueous dextrose and glycerol solutions can also be employed as liquid excipients, specifically for injectable solutions. Suitable pharmaceutical excipients also include starch, glucose, lactose, sucrose, gelatin, malt, rice, flour, chalk, silica gel, sodium stearate, glycerol monostearate, talc, sodium chloride, dried skim milk, glycerol, propylene, glycol, water, ethanol and the like. Any agent described herein, if desired, can also comprise minor amounts of wetting or emulsifying agents, or pH buffering agents.

Formulations, Administration, Dosing, and Treatment Regimens

The present invention includes the described flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) in various formulations. Any flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein can take the form of solutions, suspensions, emulsion, drops, tablets, pills, pellets, capsules, capsules containing liquids, powders, sustained-release formulations, suppositories, emulsions, aerosols, sprays, suspensions, or any other form suitable for use. In one embodiment, the composition is in the form of a capsule (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,698,155). Other examples of suitable pharmaceutical excipients are described in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences 1447-1676 (Alfonso R. Gennaro eds., 19th ed. 1995), incorporated herein by reference.

Where necessary, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) can also include a solubilizing agent. Also, the agents can be delivered with a suitable vehicle or delivery device as known in the art. Combination therapies outlined herein can be co-delivered in a single delivery vehicle or delivery device. Compositions for administration can optionally include a local anesthetic such as, for example, lignocaine to lessen pain at the site of the injection.

The formulations comprising the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) of the present invention may conveniently be presented in unit dosage forms and may be prepared by any of the methods well known in the art of pharmacy. Such methods generally include the step of bringing the therapeutic agents into association with a carrier, which constitutes one or more accessory ingredients. Typically, the formulations are prepared by uniformly and intimately bringing the therapeutic agent into association with a liquid carrier, a finely divided solid carrier, or both, and then, if necessary, shaping the product into dosage forms of the desired formulation (e.g., wet or dry granulation, powder blends, etc., followed by tableting using conventional methods known in the art)

In one embodiment, any flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein is formulated in accordance with routine procedures as a composition adapted for a mode of administration described herein.

Routes of administration include, for example: intradermal, intramuscular, intraperitoneal, intravenous, subcutaneous, intranasal, epidural, oral, sublingual, intranasal, intracerebral, intravaginal, transdermal, rectally, by inhalation, or topically, particularly to the ears, nose, eyes, or skin. In some embodiments, the administering is effected orally or by parenteral injection. The mode of administration can be left to the discretion of the practitioner, and depends in-part upon the site of the medical condition. In most instances, administration results in the release of any agent described herein into the bloodstream.

Any flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein can be administered orally. Such flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) can also be administered by any other convenient route, for example, by intravenous infusion or bolus injection, by absorption through epithelial or mucocutaneous linings (e.g., oral mucosa, rectal and intestinal mucosa, etc.) and can be administered together with another biologically active agent. Administration can be systemic or local. Various delivery systems are known, e.g., encapsulation in liposomes, microparticles, microcapsules, capsules, etc., and can be used to administer.

In specific embodiments, it may be desirable to administer locally to the area in need of treatment.

In one embodiment, any flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein is formulated in accordance with routine procedures as a composition adapted for oral administration to humans. Compositions for oral delivery can be in the form of tablets, lozenges, aqueous or oily suspensions, granules, powders, emulsions, capsules, syrups, or elixirs, for example. Orally administered compositions can comprise one or more agents, for example, sweetening agents such as fructose, aspartame or saccharin; flavoring agents such as peppermint, oil of wintergreen, or cherry; coloring agents; and preserving agents, to provide a pharmaceutically palatable preparation. Moreover, where in tablet or pill form, the compositions can be coated to delay disintegration and absorption in the gastrointestinal tract thereby providing a sustained action over an extended period of time. Selectively permeable membranes surrounding an osmotically active driving any flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein are also suitable for orally administered compositions. In these latter platforms, fluid from the environment surrounding the capsule is imbibed by the driving compound, which swells to displace the agent or agent composition through an aperture. These delivery platforms can provide an essentially zero order delivery profile as opposed to the spiked profiles of immediate release formulations. A time-delay material such as glycerol monostearate or glycerol stearate can also be useful. Oral compositions can include standard excipients such as mannitol, lactose, starch, magnesium stearate, sodium saccharin, cellulose, and magnesium carbonate. In one embodiment, the excipients are of pharmaceutical grade. Suspensions, in addition to the active compounds, may contain suspending agents such as, for example, ethoxylated isostearyl alcohols, polyoxyethylene sorbitol and sorbitan esters, microcrystalline cellulose, aluminum metahydroxide, bentonite, agar-agar, tragacanth, etc., and mixtures thereof.

Dosage forms suitable for parenteral administration (e.g. intravenous, intramuscular, intraperitoneal, subcutaneous and intra-articular injection and infusion) include, for example, solutions, suspensions, dispersions, emulsions, and the like. They may also be manufactured in the form of sterile solid compositions (e.g. lyophilized composition), which can be dissolved or suspended in sterile injectable medium immediately before use. They may contain, for example, suspending or dispersing agents known in the art.

The dosage of any flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein as well as the dosing schedule can depend on various parameters, including, but not limited to, the disease being treated, the subject's general health, and the administering physician's discretion. Any agent described herein, can be administered prior to (e.g., about 5 minutes, about 15 minutes, about 30 minutes, about 45 minutes, about 1 hour, about 2 hours, about 4 hours, about 6 hours, about 12 hours, about 24 hours, about 48 hours, about 72 hours, about 96 hours, about 1 week, about 2 weeks, about 3 weeks, about 4 weeks, about 5 weeks, about 6 weeks, about 8 weeks, or about 12 weeks before), concurrently with, or subsequent to (e.g., about 5 minutes, about 15 minutes, about 30 minutes, about 45 minutes, about 1 hour, about 2 hours, about 4 hours, about 6 hours, about 12 hours, about 24 hours, about 48 hours, about 72 hours, about 96 hours, about 1 week, about 2 weeks, about 3 weeks, about 4 weeks, about 5 weeks, about 6 weeks, about 8 weeks, or about 12 weeks after) the administration of an additional therapeutic agent, to a subject in need thereof. In various embodiments any agent described herein is administered about 1 minute apart, about 10 minutes apart, about 30 minutes apart, less than about 1 hour apart, about 1 hour apart, about 1 hour to about 2 hours apart, about 2 hours to about 3 hours apart, about 3 hours to about 4 hours apart, about 4 hours to about 5 hours apart, about 5 hours to about 6 hours apart, about 6 hours to about 7 hours apart, about 7 hours to about 8 hours apart, about 8 hours to about 9 hours apart, about 9 hours to about 10 hours apart, about 10 hours to about 11 hours apart, about 11 hours to about 12 hours apart, no more than about 24 hours apart or no more than 48 hours apart.

The amount of any flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein that is admixed with the carrier materials to produce a single dosage can vary depending upon the subject being treated and the particular mode of administration. In vitro or in vivo assays can be employed to help identify optimal dosage ranges.

In general, the doses that are useful are known to those in the art. For example, doses may be determined with reference Physicians' Desk Reference, 66th Edition, PDR Network; 2012 Edition (Dec. 27, 2011), the contents of which are incorporated by reference in its entirety.

The dosage of any flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein can depend on several factors including the severity of the condition, whether the condition is to be treated or prevented, and the age, weight, and health of the subject to be treated. Additionally, pharmacogenomic (the effect of genotype on the pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic or efficacy profile of a therapeutic) information about a particular subject may affect dosage used. Furthermore, the exact individual dosages can be adjusted somewhat depending on a variety of factors, including the specific combination of the agents being administered, the time of administration, the route of administration, the nature of the formulation, the rate of excretion, the particular disease being treated, the severity of the disorder, and the anatomical location of the disorder. Some variations in the dosage can be expected.

Generally, when orally administered to a mammal, the dosage of any flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein may be about 0.001 mg/kg/day to about 100 mg/kg/day, about 0.01 mg/kg/day to about 50 mg/kg/day, or about 0.1 mg/kg/day to about 10 mg/kg/day. When orally administered to a human, the dosage of any agent described herein is normally about 0.001 mg to about 1000 mg per day, about 1 mg to about 600 mg per day, or about 5 mg to about 30 mg per day.

For administration of any flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein by parenteral injection, the dosage is normally about 0.1 mg to about 250 mg per day, about 1 mg to about 20 mg per day, or about 3 mg to about 5 mg per day. Injections may be given up to four times daily. Generally, when orally or parenterally administered, the dosage of any agent described herein is normally about 0.1 mg to about 1500 mg per day, or about 0.5 mg to about 10 mg per day, or about 0.5 mg to about 5 mg per day. A dosage of up to about 3000 mg per day can be administered.

In another embodiment, delivery can be in a vesicle, in particular a liposome (see Langer, 1990, Science 249:1527-1533; Treat et al., in Liposomes in the Therapy of Infectious Disease and Cancer, Lopez-Berestein and Fidler (eds.), Liss, New York, pp. 353-365 (1989).

Any flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein can be administered by controlled-release or sustained-release means or by delivery devices that are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art. Examples include, but are not limited to, those described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,845,770; 3,916,899; 3,536,809; 3,598,123; 4,008,719; 5,674,533; 5,059,595; 5,591,767; 5,120,548; 5,073,543; 5,639,476; 5,354,556; and 5,733,556, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Such dosage forms can be useful for providing controlled- or sustained-release of one or more active ingredients using, for example, hydropropylmethyl cellulose, other polymer matrices, gels, permeable membranes, osmotic systems, multilayer coatings, microparticles, liposomes, microspheres, or a combination thereof to provide the desired release profile in varying proportions. Suitable controlled- or sustained-release formulations known to those skilled in the art, including those described herein, can be readily selected for use with the active ingredients of the agents described herein. The invention thus provides single unit dosage forms suitable for oral administration such as, but not limited to, tablets, capsules, gelcaps, and caplets that are adapted for controlled- or sustained-release.

Controlled- or sustained-release of an active ingredient can be stimulated by various conditions, including but not limited to, changes in pH, changes in temperature, stimulation by an appropriate wavelength of light, concentration or availability of enzymes, concentration or availability of water, or other physiological conditions or compounds.

In another embodiment, polymeric materials can be used (see Medical Applications of Controlled Release, Langer and Wise (eds.), CRC Pres., Boca Raton, Fla. (1974); Controlled Drug Bioavailability, Drug Product Design and Performance, Smolen and Ball (eds.), Wiley, New York (1984); Ranger and Peppas, 1983, J. Macromol. Sci. Rev. Macromol. Chem. 23:61; see also Levy et al., 1985, Science 228:190; During et al., 1989, Ann. Neurol. 25:351; Howard et al., 1989, J. Neurosurg. 71:105).

In another embodiment, a controlled-release system can be placed in proximity of the target area to be treated, thus requiring only a fraction of the systemic dose (see, e.g., Goodson, in Medical Applications of Controlled Release, supra, vol. 2, pp. 115-138 (1984)). Other controlled-release systems discussed in the review by Langer, 1990, Science 249:1527-1533) may be used.

Administration of any flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein can, independently, be one to four times daily or one to four times per month or one to six times per year or once every two, three, four or five years. Administration can be for the duration of about one day or about one month, about two months, about three months, about six months, about one year, about two years, about three years, and may even be for the life of the subject. Chronic, long-term administration will be indicated in many cases. The dosage may be administered as a single dose or divided into multiple doses. In general, the desired dosage should be administered at set intervals for a prolonged period, usually at least over several weeks or months, although longer periods of administration of several months or years or more may be needed.

The dosage regimen utilizing any flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein can be selected in accordance with a variety of factors including type, species, age, weight, sex and medical condition of the subject; the severity of the condition to be treated; the route of administration; the renal or hepatic function of the subject; the pharmacogenomic makeup of the individual; and the specific compound of the invention employed. Any flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein can be administered in a single daily dose, or the total daily dosage can be administered in divided doses of two, three or four times daily. Furthermore, any flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) described herein can be administered continuously rather than intermittently throughout the dosage regimen.

Combination Therapies and Conjugation

In some embodiments, the invention provides for flagellin-related compositions and methods that further comprise administering an additional agent to a subject. In some embodiments, the invention pertains to co-administration and/or co-formulation. Any of the compositions described herein may be co-formulated and/or co-administered.

In some embodiments, any flagellin-related composition described herein acts synergistically when co-administered with another agent and is administered at doses that are lower than the doses commonly employed when such agents are used as monotherapy. In various embodiments, any agent referenced herein may be used in combination with any of the flagellin-related compositions described herein.

In some embodiments, the present invention pertains to chemotherapeutic agents as additional agents.

Examples of chemotherapeutic agents include, but are not limited to, alkylating agents such as thiotepa and CYTOXAN cyclosphosphamide; alkyl sulfonates such as busulfan, improsulfan and piposulfan; aziridines such as benzodopa, carboquone, meturedopa, and uredopa; ethylenimines and methylamelamines including altretamine, triethylenemelamine, trietylenephosphoramide, triethiylenethiophosphoramide and trimethylolomelamine; acetogenins (e.g., bullatacin and bullatacinone); a camptothecin (including the synthetic analogue topotecan); bryostatin; cally statin; CC-1065 (including its adozelesin, carzelesin and bizelesin synthetic analogues); cryptophycins (e.g., cryptophycin 1 and cryptophycin 8); dolastatin; duocarmycin (including the synthetic analogues, KW-2189 and CB 1-TM1); eleutherobin; pancratistatin; a sarcodictyin; spongistatin; nitrogen mustards such as chlorambucil, chlornaphazine, cholophosphamide, estramustine, ifosfamide, mechlorethamine, mechlorethamine oxide hydrochloride, melphalan, novembichin, phenesterine, prednimustine, trofosfamide, uracil mustard; nitrosureas such as carmustine, chlorozotocin, fotemustine, lomustine, nimustine, and ranimnustine; antibiotics such as the enediyne antibiotics (e.g., calicheamicin, especially calicheamicin gammall and calicheamicin omegall (see, e.g., Agnew, Chem. Intl. Ed. Engl., 33: 183-186 (1994)); dynemicin, including dynemicin A; bisphosphonates, such as clodronate; an esperamicin; as well as neocarzinostatin chromophore and related chromoprotein enediyne antibiotic chromophores), aclacinomysins, actinomycin, authramycin, azaserine, bleomycins, cactinomycin, carabicin, caminomycin, carzinophilin, chromomycinis, dactinomycin, daunorubicin, detorubicin, 6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine, ADRIAMYCIN doxorubicin (including morpholino-doxorubicin, cyanomorpholino-doxorubicin, 2-pyrrolino-doxorubicin and deoxy doxorubicin), epirubicin, esorubicin, idarubicin, marcellomycin, mitomycins such as mitomycin C, mycophenolic acid, nogalamycin, olivomycins, peplomycin, potfiromycin, puromycin, quelamycin, rodorubicin, streptonigrin, streptozocin, tubercidin, ubenimex, zinostatin, zorubicin; anti-metabolites such as methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU); folic acid analogues such as denopterin, methotrexate, pteropterin, trimetrexate; purine analogs such as fludarabine, 6-mercaptopurine, thiamiprine, thioguanine; pyrimidine analogs such as ancitabine, azacitidine, 6-azauridine, carmofur, cytarabine, dideoxyuridine, doxifluridine, enocitabine, floxuridine; androgens such as calusterone, dromostanolone propionate, epitiostanol, mepitiostane, testolactone; anti-adrenals such as minoglutethimide, mitotane, trilostane; folic acid replenisher such as frolinic acid; aceglatone; aldophosphamide glycoside; aminolevulinic acid; eniluracil; amsacrine; bestrabucil; bisantrene; edatraxate; def of amine; demecolcine; diaziquone; elformithine; elliptinium acetate; an epothilone; etoglucid; gallium nitrate; hydroxyurea; lentinan; lonidainine; maytansinoids such as maytansine and ansamitocins; mitoguazone; mitoxantrone; mopidanmol; nitraerine; pentostatin; phenamet; pirarubicin; losoxantrone; podophyllinic acid; 2-ethylhydrazide; procarbazine; PSK polysaccharide complex (JHS Natural Products, Eugene, Oreg.); razoxane; rhizoxin; sizofuran; spirogermanium; tenuazonic acid; triaziquone; 2,2′,2″-trichlorotriethylamine; trichothecenes (e.g., T-2 toxin, verracurin A, roridin A and anguidine); urethan; vindesine; dacarbazine; mannomustine; mitobronitol; mitolactol; pipobroman; gacytosine; arabinoside (“Ara-C”); cyclophosphamide; thiotepa; taxoids, e.g., TAXOL paclitaxel (Bristol-Myers Squibb Oncology, Princeton, N.J.), ABRAXANE Cremophor-free, albumin-engineered nanoparticle formulation of paclitaxel (American Pharmaceutical Partners, Schaumberg, 111.), and TAXOTERE doxetaxel (Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Antony, France); chloranbucil; GEMZAR gemcitabine; 6-thioguanine; mercaptopurine; methotrexate; platinum analogs such as cisplatin, oxaliplatin and carboplatin; vinblastine; platinum; etoposide (VP-16); ifosfamide; mitoxantrone; vincristine; NAVELBINE. vinorelbine; novantrone; teniposide; edatrexate; daunomycin; aminopterin; xeloda; ibandronate; irinotecan (Camptosar, CPT-11) (including the treatment regimen of irinotecan with 5-FU and leucovorin); topoisomerase inhibitor RFS 2000; difluoromethylornithine (DMFO); retinoids such as retinoic acid; capecitabine; combretastatin; leucovorin (LV); oxaliplatin, including the oxaliplatin treatment regimen (FOLFOX); lapatinib (Tykerb); inhibitors of PKC-α, Raf, H-Ras, EGFR (e.g., erlotinib (Tarceva)) and VEGF-A that reduce cell proliferation and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, acids or derivatives of any of the above. In addition, the methods of treatment can further include the use of radiation. In addition, the methods of treatment can further include the use of photodynamic therapy.

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) described herein, include derivatives that are modified, i.e., by the covalent attachment of any type of molecule to the composition such that covalent attachment does not prevent the activity of the composition. For example, but not by way of limitation, derivatives include composition that have been modified by, inter alia, glycosylation, lipidation, acetylation, pegylation, phosphorylation, amidation, derivatization by known protecting/blocking groups, proteolytic cleavage, linkage to a cellular ligand or other protein, etc. Any of numerous chemical modifications can be carried out by known techniques, including, but not limited to specific chemical cleavage, acetylation, formylation, metabolic synthesis of turicamycin, etc. Additionally, the derivative can contain one or more non-classical amino acids.

In still other embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) described herein further comprise a cytotoxic agent, comprising, in exemplary embodiments, a toxin, a chemotherapeutic agent, a radioisotope, and an agent that causes apoptosis or cell death. Such agents may be conjugated to a composition described herein.

The flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) described herein may thus be modified post-translationally to add effector moieties such as chemical linkers, detectable moieties such as for example fluorescent dyes, enzymes, substrates, bioluminescent materials, radioactive materials, and chemiluminescent moieties, or functional moieties such as for example streptavidin, avidin, biotin, a cytotoxin, a cytotoxic agent, and radioactive materials.

Exemplary cytotoxic agents include, but are not limited to, methotrexate, aminopterin, 6-mercaptopurine, 6-thioguanine, cytarabine, 5-fluorouracil decarbazine; alkylating agents such as mechlorethamine, thioepa chlorambucil, melphalan, carmustine (BSNU), mitomycin C, lomustine (CCNU), 1-methylnitrosourea, cyclothosphamide, mechlorethamine, busulfan, dibromomannitol, streptozotocin, mitomycin C, cis-dichlorodiamine platinum (II) (DDP) cisplatin and carboplatin (paraplatin); anthracyclines include daunorubicin (formerly daunomycin), doxorubicin (adriamycin), detorubicin, carminomycin, idarubicin, epirubicin, mitoxantrone and bisantrene; antibiotics include dactinomycin (actinomycin D), bleomycin, calicheamicin, mithramycin, and anthramycin (AMC); and antimytotic agents such as the vinca alkaloids, vincristine and vinblastine. Other cytotoxic agents include paclitaxel (taxol), ricin, pseudomonas exotoxin, gemcitabine, cytochalasin B, gramicidin D, ethidium bromide, emetine, etoposide, tenoposide, colchicin, dihydroxy anthracin dione, 1-dehydrotestosterone, glucocorticoids, procaine, tetracaine, lidocaine, propranolol, puromycin, procarbazine, hydroxyurea, asparaginase, corticosteroids, mytotane (O,P′-(DDD)), interferons, and mixtures of these cytotoxic agents.

Further cytotoxic agents include, but are not limited to, chemotherapeutic agents such as carboplatin, cisplatin, paclitaxel, gemcitabine, calicheamicin, doxorubicin, 5-fluorouracil, mitomycin C, actinomycin D, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, bleomycin, VEGF antagonists, EGFR antagonists, platins, taxols, irinotecan, 5-fluorouracil, gemcytabine, leucovorine, steroids, cyclophosphamide, melphalan, vinca alkaloids (e.g., vinblastine, vincristine, vindesine and vinorelbine), mustines, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, radiotherapy, sex hormone antagonists, selective androgen receptor modulators, selective estrogen receptor modulators, PDGF antagonists, TNF antagonists, IL-1 antagonists, interleukins (e.g. IL-12 or IL-2), IL-12R antagonists, Toxin conjugated monoclonal antibodies, tumor antigen specific monoclonal antibodies, Erbitux, Avastin, Pertuzumab, anti-CD20 antibodies, Rituxan, ocrelizumab, ofatumumab, DXL625, HERCEPTIN®, or any combination thereof. Toxic enzymes from plants and bacteria such as ricin, diphtheria toxin and Pseudomonas toxin may be conjugated to the therapeutic agents (e.g. antibodies) to generate cell-type-specific-killing reagents (Youle, et al., Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA 77:5483 (1980); Gilliland, et al., Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA 77:4539 (1980); Krolick, et al., Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA 77:5419 (1980)).

Other cytotoxic agents include cytotoxic ribonucleases as described by Goldenberg in U.S. Pat. No. 6,653,104. Embodiments of the invention also relate to radioimmunoconjugates where a radionuclide that emits alpha or beta particles is stably coupled to the antibody, or binding fragments thereof, with or without the use of a complex-forming agent. Such radionuclides include beta-emitters such as Phosphorus-32, Scandium-47, Copper-67, Gallium-67, Yttrium-88, Yttrium-90, Iodine-125, Iodine-131, Samarium-153, Lutetium-177, Rhenium-186 or Rhenium-188, and alpha-emitters such as Astatine-211, Lead-212, Bismuth-212, Bismuth-213 or Actinium-225.

Exemplary detectable moieties further include, but are not limited to, horseradish peroxidase, acetylcholinesterase, alkaline phosphatase, beta-galactosidase and luciferase. Further exemplary fluorescent materials include, but are not limited to, rhodamine, fluorescein, fluorescein isothiocyanate, umbelliferone, dichlorotriazinylamine, phycoerythrin and dansyl chloride. Further exemplary chemiluminescent moieties include, but are not limited to, luminol. Further exemplary bioluminescent materials include, but are not limited to, luciferin and aequorin. Further exemplary radioactive materials include, but are not limited to, Iodine-125, Carbon-14, Sulfur-35, Tritium and Phosphorus-32.

In various embodiments, the additional agents of the present invention include one or more of blood products, colony stimulating factors, cytokines and/or growth factors, antibiotics, diluting and/or blocking agents, mobilizing or chelating agents, stem cell transplants, antioxidants or free radicals, and radioprotectants.

In some embodiments, the blood product is one or more of hematopoietic growth factors, such as filgrastim (e.g. NEUPOGEN), a granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), which may be optionally pegylated (e.g. NEULASTA); sargramostim (LEUKINE); and a granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and a KSF.

In some embodiments, the additional agent is one or more cytokines and/or growth factors that may confer radioprotection by replenishing and/or protecting the radiosensitive stem cell populations. Radioprotection with minimal side effects may be achieved by the use of stem cell factor (SCF, c-kit ligand), Flt-3 ligand, and interleukin-1 fragment IL-1b-rd. Protection may be achieved through induction of proliferation of stem cells (e.g. via all mentioned cytokines), and prevention of their apoptosis (e.g. via SCF). The treatment allows accumulation of leukocytes and their precursors prior to irradiation thus enabling quicker reconstitution of the immune system after irradiation. SCF efficiently rescues lethally irradiated mice with a dose modifying factor (DMF) in range 1.3-1.35 and is also effective against gastrointestinal syndrome. Flt-3 ligand also provides strong protection in mice and rabbits.

Several factors, while not cytokines by nature, stimulate the proliferation of the immunocytes and may be used in combination with the flagellin-related compositions at the doses and regimens described herein. For example, 5-AED (5-androstenediol) is a steroid that stimulates the expression of cytokines and increases resistance to bacterial and viral infections. Synthetic compounds, such as ammonium tri-chloro(dioxoethylene-O,O′—) tellurate (AS-101), may also be used to induce secretion of numerous cytokines and for combination with the flagellin-related compositions. Growth factors and cytokines may also be used to provide protection against the gastrointestinal syndrome. Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) promotes proliferation and differentiation in the intestinal mucosa, and increases the post-irradiation cell survival in the intestinal crypts. Hematopoietic cytokine and radioprotectant SCF may also increase intestinal stem cell survival and associated short-term organism survival.

In certain embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions may be added to a regimen of cytokines (e.g. for FILGRASTIM (G-CSF) 2.5-5 μg/kg/d QD s.c. (100-200 μg/m²/d); for SARGRAMOSTIM (GM-CSF) 5-10 μg/kg/d QD s.c. (200-400 μg/m²/d); and/or for PEGFILGRASTIM (pegG-CSF) 6 mg once s.c.).

In some embodiments, the antibiotic is one or more of an anti-bacterial (anti-gram positive and anti-gram negative agents), and/or anti-fungal, and/or anti-viral agent. By way of non-limiting example, in some embodiments, the antibiotic may be a quinolone, e.g. ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, a third- or fourth-generation cephalosporin with pseudomonal coverage: e.g., cefepime, ceftazidime, or an aminoglycoside: e.g. gentamicin, amikacin, penicillin or amoxicillin, acyclovir, vanomycin. In various embodiments, the antibiotic targets Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

In some embodiments, the additional agent is a diluting and/or blocking agents. For example, stable iodide compounds may be used (e.g. liquid (ThyroShield) and the tablet (losat) KI (NUKEPILLS), Rad Block, I.A.A.A.M., No-Rad, Life Extension (LEF), K14U, NukeProtect, ProKI)). A 130 mg dose of daily of oral potassium iodide (KI) may be used in conjunction with the flagellin-related compositions.

In some embodiments, the additional agent is a mobilizing or chelating agent. Illustrative mobilizing agents include propylthiouracil and methimazole, with may reduce the thyroid's retention of radioactive compounds. Further the flagellin-related compositions can be used alongside increasing oral fluids to a human patient to promote excretion. Illustrative chelating agents are water soluble and excreted in urine. Illustrative chelating agents include DTPA and EDTA. Dimercaprol forms stable chelates with mercury, lead, arsenic, gold, bismuth, chromium, and nickel and therefore may be considered for the treatment of internal contamination with the radioisotopes of these elements. Penicillamine chelates copper, iron, mercury, lead, gold, and possibly other heavy metals.

In some embodiments, the additional agent is a stem cell transplant (e.g. bone marrow transplant, PBSCT, MSCT). In some embodiments the stem cell transpant is Remestemcel-L (Osiris) of CLT-008 (Cellerant).

In some embodiments, the additional agent is an antioxidant or free radical. Antioxidants and free radical scavengers that may be used in the practice of the invention include, but are not limited to, thiols, such as cysteine, cysteamine, glutathione and bilirubin; amifostine (WR-2721); vitamin A; vitamin C; vitamin E; and flavonoids such as Indian holy basil (Ocimum sanctum), orientin and vicenin.

In some embodiments, the additional agent may be a radioprotectant e.g. an antioxidant (e.g. amifostine and vitamin E, gamma tocotrienol (a vitamin-E moiety), and genistein (a soy byproduct)), a cytokine (e.g. a stem cell factor), a growth factor (e.g. keratinocyte growth factor), a steroid (e.g. 5-androstenediol), ammonium trichloro(dioxoethylene-O,O′)tellurate, thyroid protecting agents (e.g. Potassium iodide (KI) or potassium iodate (KIO₃) (e.g. liquid (ThyroShield) and the tablet (losat) KI (NUKEPILLS), Rad Block, I.A.A.A.M., No-Rad, Life Extension (LEF), KI4U, NukeProtect, ProKI)), anti-nausea agents, anti-diarrhea agents, antiemetics ((e.g. oral prophylactic antiemetics) such as granisetron (KYTRIL), ondansetron (ZOFRAN), and 5-HT3 blockers with or without dexamethasone), analgesics, anxiolytics, sedatives, cytokine therapy, and antibiotics.

Gastric lavage and emetics, which can be used as additional agents, can be used to empty the stomach promptly and completely after the ingestion of poisonous materials. Purgatives, laxatives, and enemas, which also can be used as additional agents, can reduce the residence time of radioactive materials in the colon. Further additional agents include ion exchange resins which may limit gastrointestinal uptake of ingested or inhaled radionuclides, ferric ferrocyanide (Prussian blue) and alginates, which have been used in humans to accelerate fecal excretion of cesium-137.

In still other embodiments, the additional agent may be an agent used to treat radiation-related disorders, such as, for example, 5-AED (Humanetics), Ex-RAD (Onconova), Beclometasone Dipropionate (Soligenix), detoxified endotoxin, EA-230 (Exponential Biotherapies), ON-01210.Na (Onconova), Sothrombomodulin alfa (PAION), Remestemcel-L (Osiris), BIO-100, BIO-200, BIO-300, BIO-400, BIO-500 (Humanetics), CLT-008 (Cellerant), EDL-2000 (RxBio), Homspera (ImmuneRegen), MnDTEIP (Aeolus Pharmaceuticals), RLIP-76 (Terapio), and RX-100 and RX 101 (RxBio).

Further, in some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) can be used in combination with shielding; reduction of radiation exposure time; and use of agents to reduce body exposure (e.g. uses of gloves, face mask, hood, protective clothing (e.g. anticontamination suits such as TYVEK ANTI-C SUITS or MOPP-4)).

Viral Vectors Encoding Therapeutic Agents and Cells Expressing Same

In various embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) of the present invention is expressed by viral vectors and transformed cells. For example, the viral vectors and transformed human cells described herein may express the present compositions. In an embodiment, the viral vector or human cells expressing the therapeutic agent are capable of expressing the agent proximal to a tumor. The cells can be modified in vivo, or alternatively cells modified ex vivo can be administered to a patient by a variety of methods, such as by injection.

In one embodiment, the cell is a tumor cell. For ex vivo transformation, such tumor cells can be irradiated to eliminate the ability of the cell to replicate, as known in the art, while maintaining the transient expression of the therapeutic agent after administration. For in vivo transformation, non-integrative expression vectors may be preferred.

In certain embodiments, the tumor cell is autologous or endogenous. In the former instance, the tumor cell is taken from a patient, transfected or transduced with a construct encoding the therapeutic agent and re-introduced to the patient, for example after irradiation. In the latter instance, the tumor cell is transformed in vivo by local administration of an appropriate construct as described herein.

In an alternative embodiment, the modified tumor cell is allogeneic. The allogeneic tumor cell thus can be maintained in a cell line. In this instance, the tumor cell can be selected from the cell line, irradiated, and introduced to the patent.

Modified human cells capable of producing the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) can be made by transfecting or transducing the cells with an expression vector encoding the therapeutic agent. Expression vectors for the expression of the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents), or a combination of therapeutic agents can be made by methods well known in the art.

In various embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) can be administered to a patient in the form of one or more nucleic acid construct.

In one embodiment, the construct comprises a retroviral vector. Retroviral vectors are capable of permanently integrating DNA encoding flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) into the cell genome. Thus, in the case of ex vivo manipulation of autologous or allogeneic cells, stable cell lines that constitutively produce the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) can be prepared. In an embodiment, the cells are irradiated prior to administration to a patient. The irradiated cells produce the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) for a limited period of time.

In one embodiment, the expression construct comprises an SFV vector, which demonstrates high levels of transient expression in mammalian cells. The SFV vector is described, for example, in Lundstrom, Expert Opin. Biol. Ther. 3:771-777 (2003), incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Thus, in the case of in vivo manipulation of endogenous cells in a patient, transient expression of high levels of the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) can be accomplished.

Systems capable of expressing recombinant protein in vivo are known in the art. By way of example, the system can use the 2A mediated antibody expression system disclosed in Fang et al., Nature Biotech. 23(5): 584-590 (2005) and U.S. Patent Publication No. 2005/0003506, the disclosures of which are expressly incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. Other systems known in the art are contemplated, and can also be adapted to produce the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) in vivo as described herein.

In various embodiments, administration of the flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) expressing cells disclosed herein or the agents of the invention disclosed herein can be combined with administration of cytokines that stimulate antigen-presenting cells such as granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), macrophage colony stimulating factor (M-CSF), granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), interleukin 3 (IL-3), interleukin 12 (IL-12), interferon, etc., or cellular vaccines capable of expressing such cytokines. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) expressing cells are further modified to express such cytokines. Additional proteins and/or cytokines known to enhance T cell proliferation and secretion, such as IL-1, IL-2, B7, anti-CD3 and anti-CD28 can be employed simultaneously or sequentially with the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) of the invention to augment the immune response, and/or stimulate co-stimulatory pathways and/or induce activation/proliferation of effector T cells.

Vectors and Methods of Transformation

Expression vectors encoding the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) may be viral or non-viral. Viral vectors are preferred for use in vivo. Expression vectors of the invention comprise a nucleic acid encoding the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents), or a complement thereof, operably linked to an expression control region, or complement thereof, that is functional in a mammalian cell. The expression control region is capable of driving expression of the operably linked blocking and/or stimulating agent encoding nucleic acid such that the blocking and/or stimulating agent is produced in a human cell transformed with the expression vector.

Expression control regions are regulatory polynucleotides (sometimes referred to herein as elements), such as promoters and enhancers, that influence expression of an operably linked nucleic acid.

An expression control region of an expression vector of the invention is capable of expressing operably linked encoding nucleic acid in a human cell. In an embodiment, the cell is a tumor cell. In another embodiment, the cell is a non-tumor cell.

In an embodiment, the expression control region confers regulatable expression to an operably linked nucleic acid. A signal (sometimes referred to as a stimulus) can increase or decrease expression of a nucleic acid operably linked to such an expression control region. Such expression control regions that increase expression in response to a signal are often referred to as inducible. Such expression control regions that decrease expression in response to a signal are often referred to as repressible. Typically, the amount of increase or decrease conferred by such elements is proportional to the amount of signal present; the greater the amount of signal, the greater the increase or decrease in expression.

In an embodiment, the present invention contemplates the use of inducible promoters capable of effecting high level of expression transiently in response to a cue. When in the proximity of a tumor cell, a cell transformed with an expression vector for the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) comprising such an expression control sequence is induced to transiently produce a high level of the agent by exposing the transformed cell to an appropriate cue. Exemplary inducible expression control regions include those comprising an inducible promoter that is stimulated with a cue such as a small molecule chemical compound. Particular examples can be found, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,989,910, 5,935,934, 6,015,709, and 6,004,941, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

Expression control regions include full-length promoter sequences, such as native promoter and enhancer elements, as well as subsequences or polynucleotide variants which retain all or part of full-length or non-variant function. As used herein, the term “functional” and grammatical variants thereof, when used in reference to a nucleic acid sequence, subsequence or fragment, means that the sequence has one or more functions of native nucleic acid sequence (e.g., non-variant or unmodified sequence).

As used herein, “operable linkage” refers to a physical juxtaposition of the components so described as to permit them to function in their intended manner. In the example of an expression control element in operable linkage with a nucleic acid, the relationship is such that the control element modulates expression of the nucleic acid. Typically, an expression control region that modulates transcription is juxtaposed near the 5′ end of the transcribed nucleic acid (i.e., “upstream”). Expression control regions can also be located at the 3′ end of the transcribed sequence (i.e., “downstream”) or within the transcript (e.g., in an intron). Expression control elements can be located at a distance away from the transcribed sequence (e.g., 100 to 500, 500 to 1000, 2000 to 5000, or more nucleotides from the nucleic acid). A specific example of an expression control element is a promoter, which is usually located 5′ of the transcribed sequence. Another example of an expression control element is an enhancer, which can be located 5′ or 3′ of the transcribed sequence, or within the transcribed sequence.

Expression systems functional in human cells are well known in the art, and include viral systems. Generally, a promoter functional in a human cell is any DNA sequence capable of binding mammalian RNA polymerase and initiating the downstream (3′) transcription of a B7-H4 ligand coding sequence into mRNA. A promoter will have a transcription initiating region, which is usually placed proximal to the 5′ end of the coding sequence, and typically a TATA box located 25-30 base pairs upstream of the transcription initiation site. The TATA box is thought to direct RNA polymerase II to begin RNA synthesis at the correct site. A promoter will also typically contain an upstream promoter element (enhancer element), typically located within 100 to 200 base pairs upstream of the TATA box. An upstream promoter element determines the rate at which transcription is initiated and can act in either orientation. Of particular use as promoters are the promoters from mammalian viral genes, since the viral genes are often highly expressed and have a broad host range. Examples include the SV40 early promoter, mouse mammary tumor virus LTR promoter, adenovirus major late promoter, herpes simplex virus promoter, and the CMV promoter.

Typically, transcription termination and polyadenylation sequences recognized by mammalian cells are regulatory regions located 3′ to the translation stop codon and thus, together with the promoter elements, flank the coding sequence. The 3′ terminus of the mature mRNA is formed by site-specific post-translational cleavage and polyadenylation. Examples of transcription terminator and polyadenylation signals include those derived from SV40. Introns may also be included in expression constructs.

There are a variety of techniques available for introducing nucleic acids into viable cells. Techniques suitable for the transfer of nucleic acid into mammalian cells in vitro include the use of liposomes, electroporation, microinjection, cell fusion, polymer-based systems, DEAE-dextran, viral transduction, the calcium phosphate precipitation method, etc. For in vivo gene transfer, a number of techniques and reagents may also be used, including liposomes; natural polymer-based delivery vehicles, such as chitosan and gelatin; viral vectors are also preferred for in vivo transduction. In some situations it is desirable to provide a targeting agent, such as an antibody or ligand specific for a tumor cell surface membrane protein. Where liposomes are employed, proteins which bind to a cell surface membrane protein associated with endocytosis may be used for targeting and/or to facilitate uptake, e.g., capsid proteins or fragments thereof tropic for a particular cell type, antibodies for proteins which undergo internalization in cycling, proteins that target intracellular localization and enhance intracellular half-life. The technique of receptor-mediated endocytosis is described, for example, by Wu et al., J. Biol. Chem. 262, 4429-4432 (1987); and Wagner et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87, 3410-3414 (1990).

Where appropriate, gene delivery agents such as, e.g., integration sequences can also be employed. Numerous integration sequences are known in the art (see, e.g., Nunes-Duby et al., Nucleic Acids Res. 26:391-406, 1998; Sadwoski, J. Bacteriol., 165:341-357, 1986; Bestor, Cell, 122(3):322-325, 2005; Plasterk et al., TIG 15:326-332, 1999; Kootstra et al., Ann. Rev. Pharm. Toxicol., 43:413-439, 2003). These include recombinases and transposases. Examples include Cre (Sternberg and Hamilton, J. Mol. Biol., 150:467-486, 1981), lambda (Nash, Nature, 247, 543-545, 1974), Flp (Broach, et al., Cell, 29:227-234, 1982), R (Matsuzaki, et al., J. Bacteriology, 172:610-618, 1990), cpC31 (see, e.g., Groth et al., J. Mol. Biol. 335:667-678, 2004), sleeping beauty, transposases of the mariner family (Plasterk et al., supra), and components for integrating viruses such as AAV, retroviruses, and antiviruses having components that provide for virus integration such as the LTR sequences of retroviruses or lentivirus and the ITR sequences of AAV (Kootstra et al., Ann. Rev. Pharm. Toxicol., 43:413-439, 2003).

Viral Vectors

In one aspect, the invention provides expression vectors for the expression of the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) that are viral vectors. Many viral vectors useful for gene therapy are known (see, e.g., Lundstrom, Trends Biotechnol., 21: 117, 122, 2003.

Exemplary viral vectors include those selected from Antiviruses (LV), retroviruses (RV), adenoviruses (AV), adeno-associated viruses (MV), and a viruses, though other viral vectors may also be used. For in vivo uses, viral vectors that do not integrate into the host genome are preferred, such as a viruses and adenoviruses, with a viruses being especially preferred. Exemplary types of a viruses include Sindbis virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus, and Semliki Forest virus (SFV), with SFV being especially preferred. For in vitro uses, viral vectors that integrate into the host genome are preferred, such as retroviruses, AAV, and Antiviruses.

In an embodiment, the viral vector provides for transient high level expression in a transduced human cell.

In one embodiment, the viral vector does not provide for integration of the flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) encoding nucleic acid into the genome of a transduced human cell.

In another embodiment, the viral vector provides for integration of the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) encoding nucleic acid into the genome of a transduced human cell.

In one embodiment, the invention provides methods of transducing a human cell in vivo, comprising contacting a solid tumor in vivo with a viral vector of the invention.

In another embodiment, the invention provides methods of transducing a human cell ex vivo, comprising contacting a human cell ex vivo with the viral vector of the invention. In one embodiment, the human cell is a tumor cell. In one embodiment, the human cell is allogeneic. In one embodiment, the tumor cell is derived from the patient. In one embodiment, the human cell is a non-tumor cell, such as, e.g., an antigen presenting cell (APC), or a T cell.

Virus particle coats may be modified to alter specificity and improve cell/tissue targeting, as is well known in the art. Viral vectors may also be delivered in other vehicles, for example, liposomes. Liposomes may also have targeting moieties attached to their surface to improve cell/tissue targeting.

In some embodiments, the present invention provides human cells expressing the therapeutic agent of the invention. In various embodiments, the human cells express the agent proximal to a tumor cell of, for example, a patient.

Diagnostic and Predictive Methods

In some aspects, the invention provides a method for identifying a subject who may respond to treatment with a TLR5 agonist. In some embodiments, the present invention provides a method of determining if a patient's tumor expresses TLR5.

TLR5 expression may be a predictive marker for determining the grade and/or progression of a patient's tumor or dysplasia. In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) described herein are useful in determining a tumor grade and/or stage of a particular cancer.

Tumor grade is a system used to classify cancer cells in terms of how abnormal they look under a microscope and how quickly the tumor is likely to grow and spread. Many factors are considered when determining tumor grade, including the structure and growth pattern of the cells. The specific factors used to determine tumor grade may vary with each type of cancer and are known in the art.

Histologic grade, also called differentiation, refers to how much the tumor cells resemble normal cells of the same tissue type. Nuclear grade refers to the size and shape of the nucleus in tumor cells and the percentage of tumor cells that are dividing.

Based on the microscopic appearance of cancer cells, pathologists commonly describe tumor grade by four degrees of severity: Grades 1, 2, 3, and 4. The cells of Grade 1 tumors resemble normal cells, and tend to grow and multiply slowly. Grade 1 tumors are generally considered the least aggressive in behavior. Conversely, the cells of Grade 3 or Grade 4 tumors do not look like normal cells of the same type. Grade 3 and 4 tumors tend to grow rapidly and spread faster than tumors with a lower grade. The American Joint Committee on Cancer recommends the following guidelines for grading tumors: GX-grade cannot be assessed (Undetermined grade); G1-well-differentiated (Low grade); G2-moderately differentiated (Intermediate grade); G3-poorly differentiated (High grade); and G4-undifferentiated (High grade).

Grading systems are different for each type of cancer. For example, pathologists use the Gleason system to describe the degree of differentiation of prostate cancer cells. The Gleason system uses scores ranging from Grade 2 to Grade 10. Lower Gleason scores describe well-differentiated, less aggressive tumors. Higher scores describe poorly differentiated, more aggressive tumors. Other grading systems include, for example, the Bloom-Richardson system for breast cancer and the Fuhrman system for kidney cancer.

Cancer survival rates or survival statistics may refer to the percentage of people who survive a certain type of cancer for a specific amount of time. Cancer statistics often use an overall five-year survival rate. For example the overall five-year survival rate for bladder cancer is 80 percent, i.e. 80 of every 100 of people diagnosed with bladder cancer were living five years after diagnosis and 20 out of every 100 died within five years of a bladder cancer diagnosis. Other types of survival rates may be used, for example: disease-free survival rate (number of people with cancer who achieve remission) and progression-free survival rate. (number of people who still have cancer, but their disease is not progressing).

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) described herein are useful in establishing a tumor grade for the purposes of diagnosis or prognosis of a particular cancer, including prognosing the survival rate, disease-free survival rate and/or progression-free survival rate prior to, during and/or after administration of a flagellin-related composition (and/or additional agents) disclosed herein and/or prior to, during and/or after administration of an anti-cancer agent or therapy.

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) described herein are used as part of a method of scoring tumor grades to assist in the selection and/or predict the outcome of treatment. For example, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) described herein may be used to diagnose or identify the cancer from a patient as stage I (e.g. not locally advanced) predicting the need for less aggressive treatment. Alternatively, the therapeutic agent described herein may be used to diagnose or identify the cancer from a patient as stage II or III, (e.g. the cancer may be locally advanced) predicting the need for more aggressive treatment. Similarly, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) described herein may be used to diagnose or identify the cancer from a patient as stage IV, or is metastatic, predicting the need for very aggressive treatment.

In some embodiments, the cancer is non-resectable. A non-resectable cancer is a malignancy which cannot be surgically removed, due either to the number of metastatic foci, or because it is in a surgical danger zone. In some embodiments, the therapeutic agent described herein is used as part of a method of treating tumors to assist in selecting the nature and/or timing/administration of treatment including, for example, administering anti-cancer agents which reduce tumor volume, prior to chemotherapeutic and/or radiation treatment, and/or increase or decrease the dose of chemotherapy or radiation administered to a patient.

In some embodiments, the cancer is multidrug resistant. For example, the patient may have undergone one or more cycles of chemotherapy, without substantial response. Alternatively or in addition, the tumor has one or more markers of multidrug resistance. Thus, as used herein, the term multidrug resistant means a cancer exhibiting non-responsiveness to at least one cycle of combination chemotherapy, or alternatively, has scored (diagnostically) as resistant to at least two of (including comparable agent to) docetaxel, paclitaxel, doxorubicin, epirubicin, carboplatin, cisplatin, vinblastine, vincristine, oxaliplatin, carmustine, fluorouracil, gemcitabine, cyclophosphamide, ifosfamide, topotecan, erlotinib, etoposide, and mitomycin. In some embodiments, the therapeutic agents described herein are useful in establishing whether the tumor is responsive to one or more chemotherapeutics, radiation therapy and/or other anti-cancer therapy.

In other embodiments, the cancer is a recurrence following conventional chemotherapy of an initial cancer. Often, recurrent cancer has developed drug resistance, and thus is particularly difficult to treat and often comes with a poor prognosis for survival.

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) described herein are used as part of a method of tumor evaluation which takes the place of a performance status. Performance status can be quantified using any system and methods for scoring a patient's performance status which are known in the art. The measure is often used to determine whether a patient can receive chemotherapy, dose adjustment, and/or to determine intensity of palliative care. There are various scoring systems, including the Karnofsky score and the Zubrod score. Parallel scoring systems include the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) score, which has been incorporated as the fifth axis of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of psychiatry.

Higher performance status (e.g., at least about 80%, or at least about 70% using the Karnofsky scoring system) may indicate treatment to prevent progression of the disease state, and enhance the patient's ability to accept chemotherapy and/or radiation treatment. For example, when the therapeutic agent described herein indicates higher performance status, the patient is ambulatory and capable of self care. In other embodiments, when the therapeutic agent described herein indicates a low performance status (e.g., less than about 50%, less than about 30%, or less than about 20% using the Karnofsky scoring system), the patient is largely confined to bed or chair and is disabled even for self-care.

The Karnofsky score runs from 100 to 0, where 100 is “perfect” health and 0 is death. The score may be employed at intervals of 10, where: about 100% is normal, no complaints, no signs of disease; about 90% is capable of normal activity, few symptoms or signs of disease, about 80% is normal activity with some difficulty, some symptoms or signs; about 70% is caring for self, not capable of normal activity or work; about 60% is requiring some help, can take care of most personal requirements; about 50% requires help often, requires frequent medical care; about 40% is disabled, requires special care and help; about 30% is severely disabled, hospital admission indicated but no risk of death; about 20% is very ill, urgently requiring admission, requires supportive measures or treatment; and about 10% is moribund, rapidly progressive fatal disease processes.

The Zubrod scoring system for performance status includes: 0, fully active, able to carry on all pre-disease performance without restriction; 1, restricted in physically strenuous activity but ambulatory and able to carry out work of a light or sedentary nature, e.g., light house work, office work; 2, ambulatory and capable of all self-care but unable to carry out any work activities, up and about more than about 50% of waking hours; 3, capable of only limited self-care, confined to bed or chair more than about 50% of waking hours; 4, completely disabled, cannot carry on any self-care, totally confined to bed or chair; 5, dead.

In some embodiments, histological samples of tumors are graded using the therapeutic agent described herein according to Elston & Ellis, Histopathology, 1991, 19:403-10, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. In some embodiments, the therapeutic agent described herein is useful in establishing a tumor grade for the purposes of diagnosis or prognosis of a particular cancer.

In some embodiments, the flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) described herein are useful for evaluating a subject and/or a specimen from a subject (e.g. a cancer patient). In some embodiments, evaluation is one or more of diagnosis, prognosis, and/or response to treatment.

Diagnosis refers to the process of attempting to determine or identify a possible disease or disorder, such as, for example, cancer. Prognosis refers to the predicting of a likely outcome of a disease or disorder, such as, for example, cancer. A complete prognosis often includes the expected duration, the function, and a description of the course of the disease, such as progressive decline, intermittent crisis, or sudden, unpredictable crisis. Response to treatment is a prediction of a patient's medical outcome when receiving a treatment. Responses to treatment can be, by way of non-limiting example, pathological complete response, survival, and probability of recurrence.

In various embodiments, the diagnostic and predictive methods described herein comprise evaluating a presence, absence, or level of a protein. In another embodiment, the methods described herein comprise evaluating a presence, absence, or level of expression of a nucleic acid. The compositions described herein may be used for these measurements. For example, in some embodiments, the methods described herein comprise contacting a specimen of the tumor or cells cultured from the tumor with a therapeutic agent as described herein.

In some embodiments, the present invention includes the measurement of a tumor specimen, including biopsy or surgical specimen samples. In some embodiments, the biopsy is a human biopsy. In various embodiments, the biopsy is any one of a frozen tumor tissue specimen, cultured cells, circulating tumor cells, and a formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor tissue specimen. In some embodiments, the tumor specimen may be a biopsy sample, such as a frozen tumor tissue (cryosection) specimen. As is known in the art, a cryosection may employ a cryostat, which comprises a microtome inside a freezer. The surgical specimen is placed on a metal tissue disc which is then secured in a chuck and frozen rapidly to about −20° C. to about −30° C. The specimen is embedded in a gel like medium consisting of, for example, poly ethylene glycol and polyvinyl alcohol. The frozen tissue is cut frozen with the microtome portion of the cryostat, and the section is optionally picked up on a glass slide and stained. In some embodiments, the tumor specimen may be a biopsy sample, such as cultured cells. These cells may be processed using the usual cell culture techniques that are known in the art. These cells may be circulating tumor cells. In some embodiments, the tumor specimen may be a biopsy sample, such as a formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor tissue specimen. As is known in the art, a biopsy specimen may be placed in a container with formalin (a mixture of water and formaldehyde) or some other fluid to preserve it. The tissue sample may be placed into a mold with hot paraffin wax. The wax cools to form a solid block that protects the tissue. This paraffin wax block with the embedded tissue is placed on a microtome, which cuts very thin slices of the tissue. In certain embodiments, the tumor specimen contains less than about 100 mg of tissue, or in certain embodiments, contains about 50 mg of tissue or less. The tumor specimen (or biopsy) may contain from about 20 mg to about 50 mgs of tissue, such as about 35 mg of tissue. The tissue may be obtained, for example, as one or more (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5) needle biopsies (e.g., using a 14-gauge needle or other suitable size). In some embodiments, the biopsy is a fine-needle aspiration in which a long, thin needle is inserted into a suspicious area and a syringe is used to draw out fluid and cells for analysis. In some embodiments, the biopsy is a core needle biopsy in which a large needle with a cutting tip is used during core needle biopsy to draw a column of tissue out of a suspicious area. In some embodiments, the biopsy is a vacuum-assisted biopsy in which a suction device increases the amount of fluid and cells that is extracted through the needle. In some embodiments, the biopsy is an image-guided biopsy in which a needle biopsy is combined with an imaging procedure, such as, for example, X ray, computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or ultrasound. In other embodiments, the sample may be obtained via a device such as the MAMMOTOME® biopsy system, which is a laser guided, vacuum-assisted biopsy system for breast biopsy.

In some embodiments, the diagnostic and predictive methods and/or evaluation may direct treatment (including treatment with the therapeutic agents described herein). In one embodiment, the evaluation may direct the use or withholding of adjuvant therapy after resection. Adjuvant therapy, also called adjuvant care, is treatment that is given in addition to the primary, main or initial treatment. By way of non-limiting example, adjuvant therapy may be an additional treatment usually given after surgery where all detectable disease has been removed, but where there remains a statistical risk of relapse due to occult disease. In some embodiments, the therapeutic agents described herein are used as an adjuvant therapy in the treatment of a cancer. In some embodiments, the therapeutic agents described herein are used as the sole adjuvant therapy in the treatment of a cancer. In some embodiments, the therapeutic agents described herein are withheld as an adjuvant therapy in the treatment of a cancer. For example, if a patient is unlikely to respond to a therapeutic agent described herein or will have a minimal response, treatment may not be administered in the interest of quality of life and to avoid unnecessary toxicity from ineffective chemotherapies. In such cases, palliative care may be used.

In some embodiments the therapeutic agents described herein are administered as a neoadjuvant therapy prior to resection. In certain embodiments, neoadjuvant therapy refers to therapy to shrink and/or downgrade the tumor prior to any surgery. In some embodiments, neoadjuvant therapy means chemotherapy administered to cancer patients prior to surgery. In some embodiments, neoadjuvant therapy means a therapeutic agent described herein is administered to cancer patients prior to surgery. Types of cancers for which neoadjuvant chemotherapy is commonly considered include, for example, breast, colorectal, ovarian, cervical, bladder, and lung. In some embodiments, the therapeutic agents described herein are used as a neoadjuvant therapy in the treatment of a cancer. In some embodiments, the use is prior to resection. In some embodiments, the therapeutic agents described herein are withheld as a neoadjuvant therapy in the treatment of a cancer. For example, if a patient is unlikely to respond to a therapeutic agent described herein or will have a minimal response, treatment may not be administered in the interest of quality of life and to avoid unnecessary toxicity from ineffective chemotherapies. In such cases, palliative care may be used.

Subjects and/or Animals

In some embodiments, the subject and/or animal is a mammal, e.g., a human, mouse, rat, guinea pig, dog, cat, horse, cow, pig, rabbit, sheep, or non-human primate, such as a monkey, chimpanzee, or baboon. In other embodiments, the subject and/or animal is a non-mammal, such, for example, a zebrafish. In some embodiments, the subject and/or animal may comprise fluorescently-tagged cells (with e.g. GFP). In some embodiments, the subject and/or animal is a transgenic animal comprising a fluorescent cell.

In some embodiments, the subject and/or animal is a human. In some embodiments, the human is a pediatric human. In other embodiments, the human is an adult human. In other embodiments, the human is a geriatric human. In other embodiments, the human may be referred to as a patient.

In certain embodiments, the human has an age in a range of from about 0 months to about 6 months old, from about 6 to about 12 months old, from about 6 to about 18 months old, from about 18 to about 36 months old, from about 1 to about 5 years old, from about 5 to about 10 years old, from about 10 to about 15 years old, from about 15 to about 20 years old, from about 20 to about 25 years old, from about 25 to about 30 years old, from about 30 to about 35 years old, from about 35 to about 40 years old, from about 40 to about 45 years old, from about 45 to about 50 years old, from about 50 to about 55 years old, from about 55 to about 60 years old, from about 60 to about 65 years old, from about 65 to about 70 years old, from about 70 to about 75 years old, from about 75 to about 80 years old, from about 80 to about 85 years old, from about 85 to about 90 years old, from about 90 to about 95 years old or from about 95 to about 100 years old.

In other embodiments, the subject is a non-human animal, and therefore the invention pertains to veterinary use. In a specific embodiment, the non-human animal is a household pet. In another specific embodiment, the non-human animal is a livestock animal.

Kits

The invention provides kits that can simplify the administration of any agent described herein. An exemplary kit of the invention comprises any composition described herein in unit dosage form. In one embodiment, the unit dosage form is a container, such as a pre-filled syringe, which can be sterile, containing any agent described herein and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent, excipient, or vehicle. The kit can further comprise a label or printed instructions instructing the use of any agent described herein. The kit may also include a lid speculum, topical anesthetic, and a cleaning agent for the administration location. The kit can also further comprise one or more additional agent described herein. In one embodiment, the kit comprises a container containing an effective amount of a composition of the invention and an effective amount of another composition, such those described herein.

Definitions

The following definitions are used in connection with the invention disclosed herein. Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood to one of skill in the art to which this invention belongs.

As used herein, “a,” “an,” or “the” can mean one or more than one.

Further, the term “about” when used in connection with a referenced numeric indication means the referenced numeric indication plus or minus up to 10% of that referenced numeric indication. For example, the language “about 50” covers the range of 45 to 55.

An “effective amount,” when used in connection with medical uses is an amount that is effective for providing a measurable treatment, prevention, or reduction in the rate of pathogenesis of a disease of interest.

As used herein, something is “decreased” if a read-out of activity and/or effect is reduced by a significant amount, such as by at least about 10%, at least about 20%, at least about 30%, at least about 40%, at least about 50%, at least about 60%, at least about 70%, at least about 80%, at least about 90%, at least about 95%, at least about 97%, at least about 98%, or more, up to and including at least about 100%, in the presence of an agent or stimulus relative to the absence of such modulation. As will be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art, in some embodiments, activity is decreased and some downstream read-outs will decrease but others can increase.

Conversely, activity is “increased” if a read-out of activity and/or effect is increased by a significant amount, for example by at least about 10%, at least about 20%, at least about 30%, at least about 40%, at least about 50%, at least about 60%, at least about 70%, at least about 80%, at least about 90%, at least about 95%, at least about 97%, at least about 98%, or more, up to and including at least about 100% or more, at least about 2-fold, at least about 3-fold, at least about 4-fold, at least about 5-fold, at least about 6-fold, at least about 7-fold, at least about 8-fold, at least about 9-fold, at least about 10-fold, at least about 50-fold, at least about 100-fold, in the presence of an agent or stimulus, relative to the absence of such agent or stimulus.

As referred to herein, all compositional percentages are by weight of the total composition, unless otherwise specified. As used herein, the word “include,” and its variants, is intended to be non-limiting, such that recitation of items in a list is not to the exclusion of other like items that may also be useful in the compositions and methods of this technology. Similarly, the terms “can” and “may” and their variants are intended to be non-limiting, such that recitation that an embodiment can or may comprise certain elements or features does not exclude other embodiments of the present technology that do not contain those elements or features.

Although the open-ended term “comprising,” as a synonym of terms such as including, containing, or having, is used herein to describe and claim the invention, the present invention, or embodiments thereof, may alternatively be described using alternative terms such as “consisting of” or “consisting essentially of.”

As used herein, the words “preferred” and “preferably” refer to embodiments of the technology that afford certain benefits, under certain circumstances. However, other embodiments may also be preferred, under the same or other circumstances. Furthermore, the recitation of one or more preferred embodiments does not imply that other embodiments are not useful, and is not intended to exclude other embodiments from the scope of the technology.

The amount of compositions described herein needed for achieving a therapeutic effect may be determined empirically in accordance with conventional procedures for the particular purpose. Generally, for administering therapeutic agents (e.g. flagellin-related compositions (and/or additional agents) described herein) for therapeutic purposes, the therapeutic agents are given at a pharmacologically effective dose. A “pharmacologically effective amount,” “pharmacologically effective dose,” “therapeutically effective amount,” or “effective amount” refers to an amount sufficient to produce the desired physiological effect or amount capable of achieving the desired result, particularly for treating the disorder or disease. An effective amount as used herein would include an amount sufficient to, for example, delay the development of a symptom of the disorder or disease, alter the course of a symptom of the disorder or disease (e.g., slow the progression of a symptom of the disease), reduce or eliminate one or more symptoms or manifestations of the disorder or disease, and reverse a symptom of a disorder or disease. For example, administration of therapeutic agents to a patient suffering from cancer provides a therapeutic benefit not only when the underlying condition is eradicated or ameliorated, but also when the patient reports a decrease in the severity or duration of the symptoms associated with the disease, e.g., a decrease in tumor burden, a decrease in circulating tumor cells, an increase in progression free survival. Therapeutic benefit also includes halting or slowing the progression of the underlying disease or disorder, regardless of whether improvement is realized.

Effective amounts, toxicity, and therapeutic efficacy can be determined by standard pharmaceutical procedures in cell cultures or experimental animals, e.g., for determining the LD50 (the dose lethal to about 50% of the population) and the ED50 (the dose therapeutically effective in about 50% of the population). The dosage can vary depending upon the dosage form employed and the route of administration utilized. The dose ratio between toxic and therapeutic effects is the therapeutic index and can be expressed as the ratio LD50/ED50. In some embodiments, compositions and methods that exhibit large therapeutic indices are preferred. A therapeutically effective dose can be estimated initially from in vitro assays, including, for example, cell culture assays. Also, a dose can be formulated in animal models to achieve a circulating plasma concentration range that includes the IC50 as determined in cell culture, or in an appropriate animal model. Levels of the described compositions in plasma can be measured, for example, by high performance liquid chromatography. The effects of any particular dosage can be monitored by a suitable bioassay. The dosage can be determined by a physician and adjusted, as necessary, to suit observed effects of the treatment.

In certain embodiments, the effect will result in a quantifiable change of at least about 10%, at least about 20%, at least about 30%, at least about 50%, at least about 70%, or at least about 90%. In some embodiments, the effect will result in a quantifiable change of about 10%, about 20%, about 30%, about 50%, about 70%, or even about 90% or more. Therapeutic benefit also includes halting or slowing the progression of the underlying disease or disorder, regardless of whether improvement is realized.

In certain embodiments, a pharmacologically effective amount that will treat cancer will modulate the symptoms typically by at least about 10%, at least about 20%, at least about 30%, at least about 40%, or at least about 50%. In exemplary embodiments, such modulations will result in, for example, statistically significant and quantifiable changes in the numbers of cancerous cells.

This invention is further illustrated by the following non-limiting examples.

EXAMPLES Example 1: Engineering of Flagellin-Related Compositions with Improved Efficacy Relative to CBLB502

a. Structure-Activity Relationship Analysis (SAR):

The results of analysis, which included a combination of site-directed mutagenesis and deletions are illustrated in FIG. 2. Resulting variants of CBLB502 were expressed in E. coli, purified and characterized by: (i) relative binding affinity in cell-free system by competition-based fluorescent polarization (FP) assay with recombinant purified fragment of TLR5 ectodomain of fish origin and (ii) relative signaling efficiency by cell-based luciferase reporter assay using wild-type CBLB502 as a reference (as described in Yoon et al. (2012)). This analysis confirmed the role of amino acid segments and certain residues of domain D1 in the formation of primary and secondary interfaces predicted from 3D structure (FIG. 3). It also revealed the importance of domain D0 for signaling (but not primary binding) although the actual role of this domain remained unknown. This analysis also revealed that only the C-terminal segment of D0 (C_D0) is essential, while the N-terminal segment can be eliminated without loss of signaling activity (as in, for example, the deletion variant S33 (SEQ ID NO: 17)).

In vivo testing of the signaling activity of the mutants in primary and secondary interface as well as the delta-D0 deletion variant of CBLB502 revealed a correlation with the in vitro signaling data. This was established by injection of varying doses of respective mutants (recombinant purified and detoxed proteins) into NF-kB-luciferase reporter mice and measurement of luciferase activity in various organs (See FIG. 4, panels A-E).

Briefly, NF-kB luciferase reporter mice were injected s.c with CBLB502 mutants (three mice per group) as indicated. The relative amounts of injection used were based on their signaling efficacy in cell based NF-kB reporter assays. Organs were collected 3 hours post injection and snap frozen in dry ice. Tissue homogenates were prepared by pulverization of organs followed by lysis using RIPA buffer supplemented with protease inhibitors. For luciferase assays, 20 ul of each lysate was mixed with 30 ul of luciferin reagent (Bright-Glo luciferase assay system, Promega Inc.) and luciferase activity was quantified using a luminometer. Luciferase activity was normalized based on protein concentration measured using Bradford assay. The results demonstrate that while the response in the liver observed for the S33 mutant was moderately increased about 3-fold, this mutant showed a much stronger enhancement (>10-fold at the same dose of 0.3 μg) was observed in the bladder and large intestine.

During additional systematic SAR, a large number of truncated variants were generated and characterized primarily for signaling activity (using luciferase-based or a standard CBLB502 bioactivity assay using LacZ reporter system). These deletions (partially illustrated by diagrams in FIG. 5) allowed us to refine the boundaries of the minimal essential core and address a potential relevance of the length (from 33 aa to 12 aa) and position of the tag (N-terminal vs. C-terminal) as well as test the possibility to minimize a linker region (as in the construct “33ML” (SEQ ID NO: 35)).

A list of CBLB502 variants comprising an extensive SAR analysis is provided in Table 2. Among the most important observations, without wishing to be bound by theory, is the principle possibility to eliminate at least one half of the indigenous C_D0 segment, leaving only its N-terminal half (470-485) capped by the C-terminal His-tag (the presence of the cap is essential for activity as the variant 33-485 loses about 90% of signaling activity, see Table 2). These observations taken together suggest, without wishing to be bound by theory, that the D0 domain has only minor (if any) contribution to direct interactions with TLR5, and its role may be limited to maintaining structural integrity of D1 domain. On the other hand, the residual C_D0 segment (470-485) cannot be removed or replaced by the C-terminal half of C_D0 (485-504) or other sequences (e.g. fragment of GFP as in CGD1 or the N-D0 segment as in a new construct MF233 (SEQ ID NO: 123), see below Table 2). At the same time, some of the polar residues could be replaced by alanine in this segment without appreciable loss of activity (see Table 2).

In summary, the variant CBLB502-485CT (“CBLB533” (SEQ ID NO: 71)) represents the result of ultimate minimization of CBLB502 without loss of signaling activity (at least in vitro). This variant (233 aa long) is 30% shorter than CBLB502 (329 aa). (See FIG. 5).

In vivo characterization was accomplished for the key intermediate in minimization—CBLB502-S33 (SEQ ID NO: 17) with deleted N_D0 segment and the original 33aa N-terminal tag (FIG. 5). The respective recombinant purified protein displayed nearly full signaling activity in vitro (Table 2). Remarkably, the first results of in vivo testing in NF-kB-Luc-reporter mice performed side-by-side with CBLB502 revealed a substantially higher potency of CBLB502-S33 in vivo (FIG. 6) based on Xenogen imaging. A more quantitative analysis of luciferase activity in individual organs showed that while the response in the liver was moderately increased, about 3-fold, a much stronger enhancement (>10-fold, at the same dose 0.3 μg) was observed in bladder and large intestine (FIG. 7).

Importantly, the enhanced response was also observed at the level of radioprotection potency (FIG. 8).

This observation suggests, without wishing to be bound by theory, that a minimized variant of CBLB502 can be efficiently used for anti-acute radiation syndrome (ARS) indications at lower doses. This enhanced potency may also be manifested in radiomitigation mode (post-exposure administration). This expectation is substantiated by the observed stronger cytokine response (FIG. 9) including the key cytokines (G-CSF and IL-6) selected as CBLB502 PD-biomarkers and proven to be mechanistically essential for its radiomitigation activity (Burdelya et al. 2008).

An apparent rationale for the correlated enhancement of CBLB502-S33 in vivo activity at the level of NF-kB signaling, radioprotection and cytokine production (PD) is a substantially improved PK (FIG. 10). The enhanced persistence of CBLB502-S33 in plasma might reflect higher stability to proteolysis or, more likely, less efficient “trapping” in certain organs/tissues (e.g. in the liver) and slower clearance from circulation thus increasing exposure of other tissues. The latter interpretation provides additional evidence of the contribution of such tissues (e.g. peripheral blood cells) to the MOA of the drug.

By way of non-limiting summary, characterization of CBLB502-S33 showed that the SAR analysis and iterative minimization deliver biologically active protein variants with improved pharmacological properties. This information was used to design, engineer and characterize the ultimate design for CBLB533

The SAR results suggest the ultimate design of CBLB533 based on the variant CBLB502-485CT (with or without additional mutations). This protein can be produced in sufficient amount and characterized in vivo similar to the analysis performed for the intermediate lead candidate CBLB502-S33 additionally expanded by testing of radiomitigation properties. Importantly, they provided an optimal scaffold for designing the de-immunized Nextgen drug candidate CBLB543.

Example 2: Engineering of Flagellin-Related Compositions with Reduced Antigenicity Relative to CBLB502

Anti-CBLB502 antibodies (preexisting or/and boosted by CBLB502 treatment) showing neutralizing activity in vitro should also neutralize its NF-kB signaling (and therefore therapeutic) activity. This was confirmed by the direct experiment in mice (FIG. 11). Indeed, the injection of CBLB502 neutralizing human sera or monoclonal antibodies in NF-kB luciferase mice completely abrogates the luciferase activity in organ (live) lysates.

In this experiment, five groups of NF-kB reporter mice (3 per group) were injected intravenously with (1) PBS (2) non neutralizing serum, (3) neutralizing serum (day 15 bleed) (4) mAb 7C (5) mAb 11D and animals were bled after 45 minutes. The monoclonal antibodies were used at the dose of 100 μg per mouse. CBLB502 (1 μg) was injected subcutaneously to all mice one hour after the initial injection of antibodies. Animals were imaged three hours after CBLB502 injection and liver was collected for preparation of lysates. The results from this study are shown in Table 3.

The specific activity of luciferase was measured per the following protocol. A Bio-pulverizer was used to crush the liver samples on the dry ice. 750 μl of 1× Reporter Lysis Buffer (Promega cat #E397A)+1× protease inhibitor cocktail (PIC, sigma P8340) was added and the homogenized mixture was centrifuged at 13,000 rpm at 4° C. for 30 minutes. The supernatant was collected into a clean eppendorf tube and the protein concentration of the supernatant was measured. 20 μl of supernatant and 20 μl of luciferase buffer (Promega E2620) were added. Everything was normalized to the lowest protein sample and added accordingly, and the volume of the supernatant was adjusted using the Lysis buffer with PIC. The luciferase activity was measured on a luminoplate reader.

TABLE 3 In vivo neutralization of CBLB502 by injection of antisera and antibodies (neutralizing and not neutralizing) in reporter mice. Anti-CBLB502 antibody assay results Sample # Sample ID Study group NAb % inhibition Anti-CBLB502 titer 1 #1-1 PBS −1.08 0 2 #1-2 PBS −4.68 0 3 #1-3 PBS 0.51 0 4 #2-1 Non-neutralizing human serum 1.77 0 5 #2-2 Non-neutralizing human serum −5.38 0 6 #2-3 Non-neutralizing human serum 0.15 0 7 #3-1 Neutralizing human serum 77.37 19462 8 #3-2 Neutralizing human serum 86.04 20879 9 #3-3 Neutralizing human serum 83.52 17000 10 #4-1 Non-neutralizing MAb 7C 5.18 791 11 #4-2 Non-neutralizing MAb 7C 1.21 487 12 #4-3 Non-neutralizing MAb 7C 2.63 858 13 #5-1 Neutralizing MAb 11D 44.61 114496 14 #5-2 Neutralizing MAb 11D 49.41 87249 15 #5-3 Neutralizing MAb 11D 54.48 109475 *Human sera were diluted 10-fold with PBS for injections **Both MAbs, 7C and 11D, were at 2 mg/ml in PBS for injections ***Mouse serum samples were collected 1 hr after Ab injections

A brief summary of is provided below (and illustrated in Tables 4, and 5 and FIG. 12).

TABLE 5 Antigenicity of CBLB502 deletion variants by antibody titration (ELISA) with multiple human antisera Titers Plate 1 Plate 2 Plate 3 Plate 4 Plate 5 Plate 6 Pt. serum #004 Pt. serum #006 Pt. serum #009 Pt. serum #010 Pt. serum #012 Pt. serum #008 Day 15, CBLB502 Day 15, CBLB502 Day 15, CBLB502 Day 15, CBLB502 Day 15, CBLB502 No CBLB502 Deletion SY3 429687 319746 117275 261211 543635 3331 Deletion 467 414991 319843 160498 276131 626631 2413 Deletion S33 429436 322443 199057 264892 649834 9846

CBLB502 Ref, Std 519509 357298 296948 337398 761754 12082 Titers Plate 7 Plate 8 Plate 9 Plate 10 Plate 11 Plate 12 Pt. serum #013 MAb 7C MAb 11D MAb 12D Goat PAb Rabbit PAb No CBLB502 No effect Neutalizing No effect CBLB502 assays CBLB502 assays Deletion SY3 7022 1392 39297 11433 33248 41555 Deletion 467 8462 1619 39722 10233 35372 40853 Deletion S33 9490 1596 42485 11725 38755 39092

CBLB502 Ref, Std 23459 1547 52663 15364 59596 46738 Titer % of CBLB502 reference standard Plate 1 Plate 2 Plate 3 Plate 4 Plate 5 Plate 6 Pt. serum #004 Pt. serum #006 Pt. serum #009 Pt. serum #010 Pt. serum #012 Pt. serum #008 Day 15, CBLB5002 Day 15, CBLB502 Day 15, CBLB502 Day 15, CBLB502 Day 15, CBLB502 No CBLB502 Deletion SY3 83 89 39 77 71 28 Deletion 467 80 90 54 82 82 20 Deletion S33 83 90 67 79 85 81

CBLB502 Ref, Std 100 100 100 100 100 100 Titer % of CBLB502 reference standard Plate 7 Plate 8 Plate 9 Plate 10 Plate 11 Plate 12 Pt. serum #013 MAb 7C MAb 11D MAb 12D Goat PAb Rabbit PAb No CBLB502 No effect Neutalizing No effect CBLB502 assays CBLB502 assays Deletion SY3 30 90 75 74 56 89 Deletion 467 36 105 75 67 59 87 Deletion S33 40 103 81 76 65 84

CBLB502 Ref, Std 100 100 100 100 100 100

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The initial studies were based on the computational prediction of linear epitopes, a comparative analysis of antigenicity (assessed by ELISA with a series of human serum samples) for a series of truncated variants, and the observation that the deletion variant 445 (see Table 2 for composition) significantly lost antigenicity pointing to the existence of the major epitope within a rather short amino acid segment (440-470). However the analysis of antigenicity in a number of mutants generated based on this premise did not confirm these predictions (see FIG. 12).

Based on these observations, in the following work, the approach was adjusted to the use of predicted structural (potentially noncontiguous) epitopes (FIG. 13), testing intermediate mutants for “neutralizing antigenicity” assessed by the extent of inhibition by neutralizing Abs in signaling assay. We progressed from using a full-size CBLB502 scaffold to the first truncated lead CBLB502-S33 (see Table 2 for composition), and its further modification S33MX (SEQ ID NO: 150).

In the first series of designed mutants, substantial progress was attained in decreasing sensitivity to neutralizing monoclonal antibodies and neutralizing antisera raised against CBLB502. An improvement was observed on a series of human normal sera containing an appreciable un-induced titer of neutralizing antibodies.

To address this problem, an additional series of mutant were designed and characterized.

As a result of such iterations, the majority of neutralizing epitopes were mapped and eliminated without loss of signaling activity (see Table 4).

To engineer the first generation of fully active “deimmunized” CBLB502 lead candidate (CBLB543), the following was undertaken.

Epitope mapping data obtained as described above (See Table 5) provided foundation for the ultimate design of the de-immunized CBLB543 lead candidate (CBLB502-S33MX (SEQ ID NO: 150)). This protein was engineered and characterized by signaling activity (unchanged) and neutralizing antigenicity. As illustrated in FIG. 14 (for individual data, see Table 4), in this protein the neutralizing antigenicity was substantially reduced compared to CBLB502. The additional comparison with CBLB502-S33ML (SEQ ID NO: 35), a truncated scaffold used for lead engineering shows this effect is due to a combination of mutations, and not reduced size.

Example 3: Potency and Pharmacological Properties of De-Immunized Variants (CBLB502-33MX and CBLB502-S33)

Studies were undertaken to evaluate the PK/PD properties of selected flagellin-related compositions Specifically, the PK/PD properties of the partially deimmunized protein CBLB502-33MX were compared with those of CBLB502. Accordingly, this study established the functional and pharmacological characteristics of the engineered new variant CBLB502-33MX with substantially reduced “neutralizing antigenicity” and thus resistant to neutralization by human neutralizing antibodies in the in vitro signaling assay.

In-life phase of PK/PD study: 320 C57BI6 mice were used for the experiment in groups of 10 mice. CBLB502 (1 and 2 μg/kg) and 33MX (1 and 2 μg/kg) were injected intravenously. The animals were sacrificed after 5 min, 15 min, 30 min, 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, 8 hours and 24 hours after treatment, and plasma samples were collected.

PK measurements: the concentration of CBLB502 and 33MX in the plasma samples was measured according to the standard ELISA-based protocol using CBLB502 and 33MX calibration curves.

The results of PK measurements are illustrated in FIG. 15. FIG. 15, panels A and B show quantification of CBLB502 and 33MX in mouse plasma samples. (BLQ—below the limit of quantification.). Therefore, CBLB502-33MX has very similar PK properties to that of parental CBLB502, i.e. it clears from circulation at approximately the same rate. Accordingly, PK features of CBLB502 are not abrogated by the mutations that were engineered to de-immunize the construct (e.g. in the context of CBLB502-33MX).

The same 320 plasma samples were used for cytokine profiling for the analysis of PD properties of 33MX as compared to CBLB502. The data (FIG. 16) shows that CBLB502-33MX has a very similar PD profile to the parental CBLB502. Accordingly, PD features of CBLB502 also are not abrogated by the mutations that were engineered to de-immunize the construct (e.g. in the context of CBLB502-33MX).

In vivo signaling of the parental CBLB502 was compared to an intermediate variant CBLB502-S33 (minimized, prior to deimmunization) and CBLB502-33MX, the final product of Stage I deimmunization. A NF-kB-luciferase reporter assay in mice was used and mice were injected with the one of the following proteins: CBLB502 (at doses of 0.1 μg, 0.3 μg, 1 μg and 3 μg); CBLB502-S33 (at doses of 0.1 μg, 0.3 μg, 1 μg and 3 μg); and CBLB502-33MX (at doses of 0.1 μg, 0.3 μg, 1 μg and 3 μg). 3 hours after treatment the mice were sacrificed and the following organs were harvested and frozen at −80° C.: liver, bladder, small and large intestine, heart, spleen, lungs, brain and kidney. Luciferase activity in organ lysates was measured using Bright-Glo Luciferase Assay solution (Promega) and presented as specific luciferase activity (RLU/mg of protein +/−SEM).

The results of experiment shown in FIG. 17 demonstrate that NF-κB activating ability of de-immunized candidate 33MX is similar to S33 and CBLB502 and in some organs (for example, large intestine and lungs) even exceeds activity of these proteins in some organs

Therefore, among others, this Example shows that that de-immunized variant CBLB502-33MX fully retained or exceeded in some parameters the biological activity and pharmacological characteristics of the original CBLB502.

Example 4: In Vivo Efficacy of 33MX in a Murine Model of Local Head-and-Neck Irradiation

The in vivo effects of 33MX in the context of irradiation were evaluated at a variety of doses as compared to CBLB502. Treatment was injected 1 h after each irradiation preventing damage and accelerating tissue recovery following fractionated H&N irradiation.

Six groups by 8 mice were evaluated and are listed in the order that the data is presented in FIG. 18 (in series for 8 tissue types, the bars identified from left to right for each tissue type): Group 1 (vehicle): 6 Gy×5 times with 24 h interval (30 Gy total), inject PBS-Tween 1 h after each IR, Group 6 (33MX, 0.03 μg): 6 Gy×5 times with 24 h interval (30 Gy total), inject 0.03 μg 33MX 1 h after each IR, Group 5 (33MX, 0.1 μg): 6 Gy×5 times with 24 h interval (30 Gy total), inject 0.1 μg 33MX 1 h after each IR, Group 4 (33MX, 0.3 μg): 6 Gy×5 times with 24 h interval (30 Gy total), inject 0.3 μg 33MX 1 h after each IR, Group 3 (33MX, 1 μg): 6 Gy×5 times with 24 h interval (30 Gy total), inject 1 μg 33MX 1 h after each IR, and Group 2 (CBLB502, 0.1 μg): 6 Gy×5 times with 24 h interval (30 Gy total), to inject 0.1 μg CBLB502 1 h after each IR (this dose was determined to be particularly efficacious in a separate study),

All mice were taken for histopathological analysis of mouse epithelia, tongue, upper esophagus, salivary glands and skin on day 10 after the first IR (day 0).

The results of the study are presented in FIG. 18. Injury scores are based on histological evaluation of the tissue sections. The scores values scale: 0 for no injury and 4 for the highest injury.

EQUIVALENTS

While the invention has been described in connection with specific embodiments thereof, it will be understood that it is capable of further modifications and this application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains and as may be applied to the essential features hereinbefore set forth and as follows in the scope of the appended claims.

Those skilled in the art will recognize, or be able to ascertain, using no more than routine experimentation, numerous equivalents to the specific embodiments described specifically herein. Such equivalents are intended to be encompassed in the scope of the following claims.

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All patents and publications referenced herein are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.

The publications discussed herein are provided solely for their disclosure prior to the filing date of the present application. Nothing herein is to be construed as an admission that the present invention is not entitled to antedate such publication by virtue of prior invention.

As used herein, all headings are simply for organization and are not intended to limit the disclosure in any manner. The content of any individual section may be equally applicable to all sections.

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 61. A composition comprising a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence that is about 95% identical to SEQ ID NO: 35 or SEQ ID NO:
 42. 62. The composition of claim 61, the composition comprising a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence that is about 98% sequence identical to SEQ ID NO: 35 or SEQ ID NO:
 42. 63. The composition of claim 61, the composition comprising a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence that is about 99% sequence identical to SEQ ID NO: 35 or SEQ ID NO:
 42. 64. The composition of claim 61, the composition comprising a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence that is SEQ ID NO: 35 or SEQ ID NO:
 42. 65. A pharmaceutical composition, the pharmaceutical composition comprising a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence that is SEQ ID NO: 35 or SEQ ID NO: 42 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
 66. The composition of claim 61, wherein the composition has reduced antigenicity and immunogenicity as compared to the polypeptide having the amino acid sequence that is SEQ ID NO:
 2. 67. The composition of claim 61, wherein the composition demonstrates improved pharmacokinetics as compared to the polypeptide having the amino acid sequence that is SEQ ID NO:
 2. 68. The composition of claim 61, wherein the composition demonstrates increased in vivo retention as compared to the polypeptide having the amino acid sequence that is SEQ ID NO:
 2. 69. The composition of claim 61, wherein the composition activates TLR5 signaling at a level the same as, or similar to, that of the polypeptide having the amino acid sequence that is SEQ ID NO:
 2. 70. The composition of claim 61, further comprising a N-terminal tag.
 71. The composition of claim 61, further comprising a C-terminal tag.
 72. The composition of claim 61, wherein the composition induces NF-κB mediated expression of one or more of the cytokines selected from IL-6, IL-12, keratinocyte chemoattractant (KC), IL-10, G-CSF, MCP-1, TNF-α, MIG, and MIP-2.
 73. The composition of claim 61, wherein the polypeptide further comprises an N-terminal truncation relative to the polypeptide having an amino acid sequence that is SEQ ID NO:
 2. 74. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the composition of claim 61 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
 75. A method of stimulating TLR5 signaling comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a composition comprising a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence that is about 95% sequence identical to SEQ ID NO: 35 or SEQ ID NO:
 42. 76. The method of claim 75, wherein the subject suffers from radiation-induced cellular damage.
 77. The method of claim 75, wherein the subject has been subjected to a lethal dose of radiation.
 78. The method of claim 75, wherein the subject is undergoing radiation treatment.
 79. The method of claim 75, wherein the composition has reduced antigenicity and immunogenicity as compared to the polypeptide having the amino acid sequence that is SEQ ID NO:
 2. 